How to protect yourself and your kids against device theft

In no time at all, kids will be going back to school or starting college. And while gearing up for this, it’s very important to be aware of the threat from device loss in the school environment. Maybe you are away at university for the first time and have a new place to live, or maybe your kids...

BusKill USB cable switches off your laptop in the event of theft

By Sudais Known as “BusKill Cable”, the main problem that it guards against is a so-called “snatch and run.” This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: BusKill USB cable switches off your laptop in the event of theft...

Boeing Notifies 36,000 Employees Following Breach

A Boeing employee inadvertently leaked the personal information of 36,000 of his co-workers late last year when he emailed a company spreadsheet to his non-Boeing spouse. News of the breach surfaced earlier this month after a letter .PDF from Boeing’s Deputy Chief Privacy Officer Marie Olson, to...

Non-profit Hospice Hit with Large Fine for Small Data Breach

An Idaho non-profit hospice has been fined $50,000 for losing a laptop containing unencrypted data on 441 patients. The laptop was stolen in February 2011 from a hospice worker’s car and never retrieved, according to news accounts. But Hospice of North Idaho officials say there is no evidence the...

Stolen NASA Laptop Puts 'Large Number' of Employees at Risk

NASA has enacted new policies to protect employee and other sensitive information after a laptop was stolen from an employee’s locked vehicle, exposing records of personal information on a “large number” of NASA employees. The laptop was not protected by whole disk encryption, NASA officials said...

Info of 55K Patients Stolen from Indianapolis Cancer Practice

The Cancer Care Group, an oncology practice based in Indianapolis, claims it will improve its storage and data security practices going forward after a laptop containing the sensitive information of about 55,000 of its patients was stolen last month. The laptop, which contained backup media from...

Stanford Hospital Suffers Second Data Breach in a Year

Less than a year after its last data breach, Stanford University’s Hospital and Clinics and the School of Medicine has begun to notify approximately 2,500 patients of a second breach after the theft of a laptop from a physician’s locked office. According to reports late last week, the computer wa...

Personal Data Belonging to New Mexico Retirees at Risk After Laptop Theft

The personal information of some 100,000 members of the New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association PERA is at risk after a thief broke into a truck belonging to an employee working for the company hired to perform PERA’s annual audit and stole a laptop containing the sensitive data. The...

Connecticut Investigates Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating Blue Cross Blue Shield’s loss of confidential information, including tax identification and Social Security numbers, for 800,000 healthcare providers nationwide. The attorney general is also seeking additional identity theft...