US firm robbed of 4.2 million health records 

US firm robbed of 4.2 million health records

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 November 2011 4:51 PM
Names, medical procedures, among unencrypted records.
U.S. orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks records 

U.S. orders Twitter to hand over WikiLeaks records

In Web/client - 10 January 2011 1:58 PM
US Government investigation revealed via leaked subpoena.
Hospital in trouble over bus stop data loss 

Hospital in trouble over bus stop data loss

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 25 August 2010 9:25 AM
Unencrypted heart and lung charts found.
FedEx loses 138,000 patient records 

FedEx loses 138,000 patient records

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 6 July 2010 10:48 AM
Hospital suspends practice of sending data via courier.
Budget 2010: Feds move on e-health records 

Budget 2010: Feds move on e-health records

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 12 May 2010 9:19 AM
Hundreds of millions allocated to opt-in system.
US student loans guarantor loses data of 3.3m people 

US student loans guarantor loses data of 3.3m people

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 31 March 2010 2:16 PM
Data containing names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth stolen.
Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives 

Missile plans, banking details and health records found on old hard drives

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 8 May 2009 10:30 AM
Information for missile defence, banking details and NHS records have been found on old hard drives.
Over 280 million records compromised last year 

Over 280 million records compromised last year

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 15 April 2009 10:46 AM
More than 280 million records were compromised in 2008, according to a new Data Breach Investigations Report from global comms and IT provider Verizon Business.
Verizon workers snooped on Obama's mobile records 

Verizon workers snooped on Obama's mobile records

In Messaging - 24 November 2008 10:08 AM
A number of Verizon Wireless employees have been suspended after allegedly looking at president-elect Barack Obama's personal mobile phone account records.
ATO loses thousands of records on unencrypted CD 

ATO loses thousands of records on unencrypted CD

In Risk - By Kathryn Small, 31 October 2008 3:05 PM
The Australian Taxation Office lost an unencrypted CD containing thousands of personal details – and waited three weeks to inform those affected of the loss.
UK Government condemned over loss of 25m child records 

UK Government condemned over loss of 25m child records

In Risk - By Paul Fisher, 21 November 2007 9:48 AM
Industry figures unite in condemnation of the UK Government's handling of the loss of 25 million child benefit records - thought to include the name and address of every child ...
Security measures for online NHS records slammed 

Security measures for online NHS records slammed

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 17 September 2007 10:03 AM
Campaigners have slammed the security measures proposed by the government to protect the online medical records of millions of Britons.
Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary 

Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 29 August 2007 10:52 AM
The burglary of a US prisoners of war (POW) support group's offices has netted thieves the personal information, including addresses and Social Security numbers, of more than ...
Fidelity: employee stole, sold 2.3 million consumer records 

Fidelity: employee stole, sold 2.3 million consumer records

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 4 July 2007 11:27 AM
In one of this year's largest data breaches, financial processing company Fidelity National Information Services revealed on Tuesday that a subsidiary's employee stole 2.3 ...
Spam hits records levels in February 

Spam hits records levels in February

In Messaging - 16 March 2007 11:04 AM
Botnets to blame, says monitoring firm Postini.
Oregon loses 2,200 taxpayer records 

Oregon loses 2,200 taxpayer records

By Ericka Chickowski, 15 June 2006 11:42 PM
The personal information of up to 2,200 Oregon taxpayers may be at risk for identity theft due to the compromise of a state computer, officials announced this week.
FTC files to stop sale of phone records 

FTC files to stop sale of phone records

By Frank Washkuch, 4 May 2006 6:17 PM
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed federal complaints against five web-based communications firms that, the watchdog charged, have sold individuals’ phone records.
Scottrade records hacked 

Scottrade records hacked

By Frank Washkuch, 29 November 2005 10:45 PM
The personal information of 1.4 million Scottrade users may have been compromised last month when a hacker infiltrated a server used by the broker's partner company.
Japanese police leak crime records on internet 

Japanese police leak crime records on internet

By Steve Gold, 30 March 2004 4:26 PM
Police in Kyoto have admitted that more than 19 pages of data, including investigative records on crime records, were accidentally leaked on to the Internet last week.
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