Lorenzo's Security Blog

Image via Wikipedia A Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia laptop computer containing Social Security numbers and other personal information for 943 people was stolen from a car outside an employee’s home on Oct. 20. The billing information on the computer was password-protected, but an analysis found it was “possible to decode the security controls on the [...]

A file containing identifying information for every physician in the country contracted with a Blues-affiliated insurance plan was on a laptop computer stolen from a BlueCross BlueShield Assn. employee. It is not yet known whether any identity theft has resulted from the data breach. The file included the name, address, tax identification number and national [...]

SACRAMENTO, CA – Hundreds of current and former employees with Sutter Health will soon get a letter telling them their personal data has been compromised. Image via Wikipedia Officials for the company’s Sacramento Sierra region recently recieved a big surprise when they were contacted by a computer repair shop. “The repair people did the right [...]