SC Magazine reported an AT&T loss of personal data: An undisclosed number of management-level workers at AT&T have been notified that their personal information was stored unencrypted on a stolen laptop. The head of the OASIS EKMI TC (that’s enterprise key management infrastructure technical committee) just pointed out to me that a press release on … Continue reading AT&T offers loss prevention, then loses data →

My math skills must be waning. If I read this article correctly, the University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics is offering $1 for every 2200 billing records that were lost by Perpetual Storage Inc.: A metal box containing the backup tapes, which contained billing records for approximately 2.2 million patients and guarantors, was stolen on … Continue reading Utah offers $1,000 reward for 2.2 million missing billing records →

The Mercury News reports on a surprising new attack vector based on mobile phones: Four males allegedly affiliated with the “500 Block,” a South San Francisco Norteño street gang, allegedly assaulted and robbed the first victim in San Bruno over the weekend. They then used the phone to send a text message to lure the … Continue reading Phone stolen, texting used to ensare victims →