Lorenzo's Security Blog

  Image via Wikipedia PORTLAND, Ore. – A laptop belonging to an Oregon National Guard member was stolen this week and the military is contacting service members who might be affected by the theft. According to the Oregon National Guard, the laptop was stolen from a vehicle on Monday. The Guard member had been using [...]

CHATTANOOGA (AP) – BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee now says almost twice as many customers’ personal information than first thought could be at risk after the theft of computer hard drives. Image via Wikipedia   Company spokeswoman Mary Thompson is quoted by the Chattanooga Times Free Press saying BlueCross is notifying an additional 447,549 people that [...]

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 [...]