Laptop Computer Security

Tag archive for ‘personally identifying information’

Rip of the Week: 12 Cal State U Laptops Stolen, Hundreds Now at Risk

This time, no less than a dozen unencrypted laptops (plus two desktops) were stolen from a research program at Cal State Los Angeles. CBS 2 reports that the theft occurred from the Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) program on campus.
As a result, “hundreds” of former students and faculty members may be at risk for identity [...]

Rip of the Week: 109,000 More People Breached

Things just don’t change much. Yet another laptop theft report bears extreme similarity to…all of the other laptop theft reports.
This time, the BBC reports that a laptop containing a trove of Personally Identifying Information (PII) of members of six pension schemes in the UK was stolen from software company NorthgateArinso. The breach victims include members [...]

Rip of the Week: Better Late Than Never

It’s being widely reported that Health Quest launched a major security upgrade after theft of a laptop computer back in 2006 threatened to breach patients’ Personally Identifying Information (PII).
It’s worth noting that the article mentions that a forensic investigation found that the sensitive data never actually made it onto the laptop.
Nevertheless, a major warning shot [...]