Laptop Computer Security

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Rip of the Week: It’s a Data Breach Medley

There are so many high-profile, damaging, data breach laptop thefts (and storage device thefts) in the news right now it seems impossible to pick just one. So, I won’t. Let’s have a fast roundup of several–a Data Breach Medley.
Verse 1: Car thieves get personal data on Portland psychology patients, unemployed Oregonians (thanks to Jake K [...]

Rip of the Week: It Gets Worse: 860,000 More Victims of Stolen Laptop Data Breach

The Gainsville Sun reports a further development on a breach that was first reported back in February. Originally, a figure of 208,000 victims was posted, though now the original figure is pegged at 360,000.
Regardless, an additional 860,000 current and former members of AvMed are being notified that their personal information is at risk due to [...]

Rip of the Week: Thrivent Financial Suffers Mysterious Data Breach

A somewhat curious, and rather terse, laptop theft is this week’s Rip. Thanks to kirniki over at DataLossDB for the tip, National Underwriter reports that Thrivent Financial experienced a break-in at an office in Pennsylvania. A laptop was stolen, which contained personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security Numbers and health information.
But what is curious [...]

Laptop Computer Security Firm Launches MyLaptopGPS Encryption and Remote Decryption Kill to Provide the Industry-Leading Laptop Protection Technology

Addition of Encryption Functionalities Renders MyLaptopGPS’ Product an All-in-One, One-of-a-Kind Approach to Laptop Computer Security: “Encrypt. Track. Recover.”
(STILLWATER, Okla. – Oct. 27, 2009 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Laptop computer security firm MyLaptopGPS, featured in Inc. Magazine, TechRepublic and elsewhere, has introduced patent-pending laptop encryption to its already robust Internet-based laptop tracking product. MyLaptopGPS™, whose unmatched industry theft [...]

Rip of the Week: Gulf War Veteran’s Laptop Stolen, Artwork Gone

Here is a sad case of a Gulf War veteran in the UK, who fell victim to a rather mean-spirited con operation by a woman and her male accomplice, or so it appears. With thanks to Redemtech for the tip, Yourthanet reports that the veteran and artist, Glenn Fitzpatrick, was putting on an art exhibition [...]

Rip of the Week: Australian Defence Department Laptop Stolen After Red-Light District Visit

Here’s an interesting laptop theft. And for once, it’s GOOD NEWS! Well, mostly.
The Age reports that Lieutenant Commander Peter de Maskens of the Australian navy left his five-star hotel in Bangkok, the Banyan Tree Hotel, at about 2 a.m., and headed to the red-light district of Nana Plaza in Sukhumvit Road. He returned [...]

Rip of the Week: 1,700 School District Employees Breached

In a cookie-cutter breach incident with all the normal characteristics, the Francis Howell School District is warning employees that a laptop computer theft could have compromised personal information.
Thanks much to Redemtech for the summary on this one.
The laptop was “password protected” according to the district, and thus “it is unlikely the information has been accessed.” [...]

Tip of the Week: Get Serious (and “Passwords” Aren’t Serious)

It would be hard not to have this week’s tip center around the massive data breach in Oklahoma (our home state), which centered upon a stolen Oklahoma Department of Human Services laptop.
So, let’s do that indeed.
According to officials at DHS, the system was protected by “multiple passwords” and a person would “have to be a [...]