Tag archive for ‘stolen laptop’
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 [...]
Laptop Theft: Not a Single One Today.
April Fools!
Another laptop gets stolen every 12 seconds. Don’t think for a second (or 12) that your laptop is safe from predators. They’re everywhere.
In fact, I received 12 emails today from my lovely RSS feeds alerting me of laptop thefts. And those are only the ones reported in the news, with my specific keywords.
Moral [...]
Laptop Theft and Reefer as a Gateway… Crime?
The Bugle Observer reported last Friday that the Integrated Criminal Reduction unit of Woodstock executed a search warrant on a residence in Hartley Settlement.
What did they find, you ask? Why, a “quantity of marijuana” and a stolen laptop.
The article indicates the laptop was stolen from School District 14 — and it belonged to an elementary [...]
Rip of the Week: Stolen Laptop Marinara
There’s more to Italy than beautiful countryside and tasty food. For example, there’s good old fashioned laptop theft, the sort that happens every 12 seconds around the world.
The Fort Mills Times reports that University of West Georgia officials have notified nearly 1,300 that their personal information was on a laptop stolen from a professor travelling [...]
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