Lorenzo's Security Blog

  Image via Wikipedia Because of an incorrect security setting,[which security setting was the student even allowed to access?] an Ocean Lakes High School student was able to access a temporary file [Why was this temporary file not deleted after is was used? ] on a server that contained the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of students [...]

An electronic storage device stolen from an employee’s car in Sacramento last month contained health information from 15,500 patients, including about 800 in the Fresno area, Kaiser Permanente Northern California said Tuesday. Image via Wikipedia   There is no evidence the information has been used inappropriately, a Kaiser official said. The risk for fraud and [...]

An Upper Darby man has been charged in a case of identity theft that officials say involved patients’ personal information taken from computers at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Image via Wikipedia Upper Darby police announced yesterday that Shacoy McNish, 27, has been charged with theft, receiving stolen property, identity theft, and related crimes. [...]

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 [...]