Eight million health records lost on NHS laptop 

Eight million health records lost on NHS laptop

In Crypto - By Dan Raywood, 16 June 2011 9:41 AM
Unencrypted laptop is one of 20 missing.
C-Level database swiped in laptop theft 

C-Level database swiped in laptop theft

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 10 June 2011 12:48 PM
Laptop stolen during a power outage at NAB House.
BP loses laptop with 13,000 Gulf claimants names  

BP loses laptop with 13,000 Gulf claimants names

In Crypto - By Liam Tung, 31 March 2011 12:56 PM
Gulf of Mexico data spill.
UK bank loses unencrypted laptop 

UK bank loses unencrypted laptop

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 27 August 2010 9:34 AM
Passwords in laptop bag.
School laptop spying case inspires new law 

School laptop spying case inspires new law

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 19 April 2010 9:09 AM
Court filings show thousands of images taken of students.
FBI investigating school spycam case 

FBI investigating school spycam case

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 25 February 2010 8:40 AM
MacBook webcam scandal escalates.
Mossad laptop hack behind nuclear strike, reports suggest 

Mossad laptop hack behind nuclear strike, reports suggest

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 9 November 2009 11:56 AM
Expert cites hotel maid attack.
Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack 

Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

In Crypto - By Ry Crozier, 23 February 2009 3:38 PM
Webcam image resolution and compression are likely contributors to weaknesses in laptop facial recognition systems exposed by Vietnamese researchers at the Black Hat conference,...
Companies still failing to encrypt hardware 

Companies still failing to encrypt hardware

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 20 February 2009 12:08 PM
Ninety per cent of laptop drives that are sent for data retrieval are not encrypted, according to a new survey.
Duchess of York laptop theft 'should not have happened'  

Duchess of York laptop theft 'should not have happened'

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 19 December 2008 10:09 AM
The Duchess of York has had a laptop stolen that contained 'intimate' family photos.
Lenovo taps SMS for laptop security 

Lenovo taps SMS for laptop security

In Web/client - By Daniel Robinson, 26 November 2008 9:46 AM
Lenovo is to offer the ability to lock down its ThinkPad laptops remotely by text message..
Stolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguards 

Stolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguards

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 7 October 2008 9:49 AM
A laptop containing "strategic" GOP data was stolen from the Kansas City field office for Sen. John McCain -- but the machine lacked encryption.
Insolvency Service confirms laptop theft 

Insolvency Service confirms laptop theft

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 18 September 2008 1:28 PM
A laptop computer containing the personal details of more than 100 directors of bankrupt companies has been stolen.
900 laptops lost at Heathrow per week 

900 laptops lost at Heathrow per week

In Networks - 1 August 2008 9:45 AM
More than 3,300 laptops are lost or go missing at the eight largest airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) each week, according to new research commissioned by Dell.
Free software unveiled to help track lost laptops 

Free software unveiled to help track lost laptops

In Risk - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 15 July 2008 10:19 AM
College researchers in the US have developed free, open-source software that can track the location of a lost or stolen laptop.
Deloitte partner, principal confidential information on stolen laptop 

Deloitte partner, principal confidential information on stolen laptop

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 December 2007 9:30 AM
A laptop containing the personal information of an undisclosed number of Deloitte & Touche partners, principals and other employees was stolen while in possession of a ...
Stolen Gap laptop exposes 800,000 job applicants 

Stolen Gap laptop exposes 800,000 job applicants

In Risk - 2 October 2007 11:59 AM
Clothing giant Gap has admitted that a notebook containing unencrypted details of around 800,000 job applicants has been stolen from one its vendors.
VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft 

VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 7 August 2007 10:13 AM
VeriSign, the digital certificate vendor responsible for the internet's .com and .net domains, suffered a data breach last month when a laptop was stolen from an employee's ...
Bank details, personal addresses exposed in latest UK laptop theft 

Bank details, personal addresses exposed in latest UK laptop theft

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 18 June 2007 10:18 AM
Hundreds of UK workers at Cornwall's Eden Project are at risk of exposure to identity fraud following the theft of a company laptop containing their personal details.
Hackers, laptop thieves compromise personal information of 17,500 in US state 

Hackers, laptop thieves compromise personal information of 17,500 in US state

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 19 April 2007 9:47 AM
Two separate incidents — both resulting in data breaches — have left the personal information of 17,500 Ohio State University students, faculty members and staff compromised.
Stolen laptop in UK contains details of 11,000 children 

Stolen laptop in UK contains details of 11,000 children

In Crypto - 28 March 2007 12:25 PM
UK's Nottingham Primary Care Trust (NPCT) has admitted that "several laptops" have been stolen, one of which contains information on about 11,000 young children.
Nationwide fined for stolen laptop 

Nationwide fined for stolen laptop

In Crypto - By Fiona Raisbeck, 15 February 2007 12:11 AM
The Nationwide Building Society of UK has been fined almost £1 million ($2.5 million) for security breaches after a laptop was stolen from an employee's home last year.
Stolen laptop triggers security investigation  

Stolen laptop triggers security investigation

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 14 November 2006 4:01 PM
A laptop computer containing sensitive customer data was stolen from the home of an employee of UK based company Nationwide, triggering an investigation by financial regulators,...
VA laptop thieves apprehended 

VA laptop thieves apprehended

By Frank Washkuch, 7 August 2006 6:50 PM
Maryland law enforcement authorities announced the arrest on Saturday of two state men allegedly responsible for the May theft of a laptop and hard drive containing the ...
Wireless worms threaten laptop users 

Wireless worms threaten laptop users

By René Millman, 2 August 2006 1:58 PM
Worms could travel through the airwaves and infect laptops, according to security experts.
Inspector general: VA response to stolen laptop rife with errors 

Inspector general: VA response to stolen laptop rife with errors

By Dan Kaplan, 12 July 2006 9:14 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) response to the stolen laptop that contained the personal information of some 26 million veterans and current military personnel was ...
Infamous VA laptop recovered, appears not to have been tampered with 

Infamous VA laptop recovered, appears not to have been tampered with

By Dan Kaplan, 29 June 2006 9:20 PM
The federal government’s most famous stolen laptop, containing the personal information of up to 26.5 million veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Forces, has been ...
Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen 

Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen

By Dan Kaplan, 2 June 2006 10:04 PM
More than 240,000 Hotels.com customers are at risk for identity theft after an unencrypted laptop containing their personal information was stolen from the locked car of an ...
Aetna laptop breach affected 38K members 

Aetna laptop breach affected 38K members

By Dan Kaplan, 2 May 2006 8:10 PM
Health insurance provider Aetna is continuing its investigation into the theft of an employee’s laptop that contained the personal data of about 38,000 members, the company ...
Wireless policies lag laptop usage 

Wireless policies lag laptop usage

By Ron Condon, 6 October 2005 11:51 AM
A survey of US companies shows that wireless networks have created new holes in security policies.
San Fran man faces can after laptop raid 

San Fran man faces can after laptop raid

By David Quainton, 16 September 2005 3:33 PM
A San Franciscan has been arrested after selling a laptop containing personal information of nearly 100,000 Berkeley University students.
MoD probe laptop found in dump 

MoD probe laptop found in dump

By René Millman, 21 April 2005 3:51 PM
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) launched an inquiry after a laptop allegedly containing military secrets and anti-terrorist plans was found on a dump.
Laptop security left to employees 

Laptop security left to employees

By René Millman, 5 April 2005 5:32 PM
European IT managers are leaving laptop security in the hands of employees according to a new study.
U.C. Berkeley laptop with personal data of 98,000 stolen  

U.C. Berkeley laptop with personal data of 98,000 stolen

By Marcia Savage, 29 March 2005 9:26 PM
Police at the University of California at Berkeley are investigating the theft of a laptop that contained names and Social Security numbers of more than 98,000 graduate ...
Sloppy laptop security leaves European firms open to legal and commercial risks 

Sloppy laptop security leaves European firms open to legal and commercial risks

By Robert Jaques, 2 November 2004 10:59 AM
Sloppy mobile device security is leaving European businesses and their employees open to legal, commercial and financial damage, newly published research has claimed.
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