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Laptop with personal data on 6,000 people is stolen
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Baltimore County (Map, News) - A laptop containing 6,000 names, birth dates, addresses and Social Security numbers was stolen from a Baltimore County health clinic, officials said.
The computer was stolen along with syringes and medication from the county’s Woodlawn clinic April 13, said Monique Lyle, a spokeswoman for the county’s health department.
Lyle said the laptop was “pretty” secure, equipped with a separate security system for the internal information database. To date, she said the county has not had any related reports of identify thefts.
The county mailed affected residents letters reminding them of free credit checks available, by law, from three reporting agencies.
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An excellent and timely article: It's amazing that breaches and thefts keep happening. There is something that is helping a lot of people, judging by the business blogs I’ve been reading. It’s a defined eCulture called "The Business-Technology Weave" - it helps to influence employee behaviour as regards security, use and integrity of data - as well as protection of hard assets (such as laptops). The book “I.T. Wars” is the leading voice, and concentrates on the solution – a proactive treatment and training of people, and reinforcements to their corresponding security awareness. This is particularly relevant: www.businessforum.com/DScott_02.html . Some good stuff here too: www.david-scott.net . We use his book at work - stupid mistakes like deleted and misplaced data have dropped tremendously. Our CEO even requires our vendors to read it.
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I was a Georgetown student during the period covered. I called the toll free number in the article. I got some surly operator who basically told me nothing and seemed annoyed that I was asking questions. The University handled confidential records in incompetent fashion. I will be happy to join the class action lawsuit when it comes around, as it inevitably will.
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