A hospital in Hong Kong, Yan Chai Hospital, has announced that they've lost a set of floppy disks containing the medical record applications of 3000 people. That's medical record applications, not medical records—apparently, you have to submit an application to
The Indiana State University at Terre Haute is alerting current and former students that they may be victims of a data breach. A laptop computer used by a faculty member has been stolen. It seems to me that ISU is
Santa Ana claimed that history repeats itself. It seems that this statement can be modified to read, "Data breaches repeat themselves." Now, if you or your company decides to use encryption software like AlertBoot, it could be modified to read,
The Missouri National Guard has issued a press release, announcing that there was a data breach that could affect 2000 servicemen (and, of course, women). There is no word yet whether some form of data protection, like AlertBoot encryption software,
I've written over the past year about all the ways that the use of encryption software on laptop and desktop computers, as well as other forms of digital media storage, could have prevented data breaches, including cases of identity theft.
One of the best ways to prevent a data breach if one's laptop gets stolen is to have the contents encrypted. Whether one decides to use file encryption or hard drive encryption is up to the needs of each company.
Ameritrade is proposing a settlement to a class action lawsuit filed in response to their data breach last year. Approximately 6.3 million customers were affected by the incident. Although there have been no reports of identity theft yet—and, honestly speaking,
A military laptop and a 500 gigabyte external hard drive were reported as missing earlier today. Encryption solutions like AlertBoot full disk encryption would have prevented the incident from turning into an information security breach; however, the story has a
These laws of computing don't really exist in the sense of scientific laws. They're made up by Jack Schofield, a technology writer for The Guardian; at least, these particular laws are. Schofield is attempting to create a third law, but
Wagner Resource Group, an investment firm in Virginia is in the news thanks to the wayward actions of an employee who installed LimeWire on his computer. Most people tend to use encryption if they are security conscious and believe they
Several sources, including the Dong-A Ilbo (click if you can read Korean), are reporting on the arrest of a person of Chinese descent in the port city of Busan, South Korea. The arrested is charged with attempting to steal trade
It looks like CNet is not the only technology company to be affected by Colt Express's computer theft. It is being reported that Google has been affected as well. Not only that, the comments section to the article also has
A letter has been filed with the NH DOJ by US Foodservice, the second largest foodservice distributor in the US. According to Wikipedia, only Sysco—the guys who grew really big by supplying McDonald's, if I recollect correctly—is bigger. There are
Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail in the UK, has had to admit to a laptop theft. The stolen laptop contains the financial and personal information of staff, suppliers, and contributors that number in the thousands. The situation is
It's striking to me how the UK, with one fifth the population of the US, seems to report as many breaches as the US on a monthly basis. And this is despite the fact that, in my opinion, most UK
Dark Reading notes that the number of information breaches is understated in the media. Most people, including yours truly, get news on computer thefts and losses because companies decide to disclose such incidents. But according to a study by the
There are several reports out in the ether about how a researcher was able to crack the fingerprint payment system used by Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijin. This has prompted me to muse about laptop encryption and how protected data
Social engineering—an apologist's way of not calling a thief's actions for what it is—is like an onion, or a really fine tiramisu cake: there are layers. On the other hand, the consequences of social engineering are quite unpalatable and far-reaching,
I don't find this story reported anywhere else, so I'm debating whether it's apocryphal; but if true, wow—those Canadians are becoming less friendly each passing year. According to NowPublic.com, a civil servant said that "Service Canada did not want to
The loss of a laptop computer by a hospital is rocking the UK again. This time, the information of 21,000 patients was lost when the laptop computer holding the data was stolen from the car of a Colchester hospital manager.
