Posts Tagged ‘Personal computer’
850,000 doctors could be hit by potential data breach from insurer’s stolen laptop … American Medical News
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 15:54 No CommentsA 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 [...]
Misdirected Spyware Infects Ohio Hospital
Saturday, September 19, 2009 16:32 No CommentsIt was a bad idea from the start, but even as bad ideas go, this one went horribly wrong. A 38-year-old Avon Lake, Ohio, man is set to plead guilty to federal charges after spyware he allegedly meant to install on the computer of a woman he’d had a relationship with ended up infecting computers [...]
Missing Laptop Contained Sutter Workers Data
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 16:47 1 CommentSACRAMENTO, 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 [...]