Nine laptops stolen from Middlesbrough Council
Blog Nine laptops containing sensitive data have been stolen from Middlesbrough Council's teaching and learning centre, the BBC reports. The laptops were used by child workers and contained case files on children and their families.
[January 17, 2008, 16:24 in News Blog by Tom Espiner]
RE: Nine laptops stolen from Middlesbrough Council
Blog Comment tbh expect to see these on sale on ebay.
[January 18, 2008, 6:13 by teh_leet]
It was STOLEN from an employee
Talkback Laptops are not invariably 'lost', they are stolen from premises, cars, fancy bags and cases and the like. Another issue is the urgent need for the money form these fines, the FSA has a conflict of interest in that money is needed to balance the...
About: Losing the laptop blame game
[February 16, 2007, 8:42 by evanowen]
Lack of Individual Responsibility
Talkback It is frightening that laptops can be lost (mislaid or stolen) in such quantity or at all. While laptops are very nice I tend to wonder how many office based MoD staff actually NEED a portable computer to properly carry out their normal duties at...
About: MoD revises tally of stolen laptops to 658
[October 13, 2008, 8:50 by 1000215420]
Why do they need to be told....
Talkback there like baby's you haft to take by the hand all the time, I bet they never even blocked them stolen laptops from the server side either. Why oh why do they haft to to be told this! Complete idiots.
About: Privacy watchdog raps Sutton over data losses
[August 25, 2009, 17:40 by CA]
Gary Clark, VP of EMEA, SafeNet
Talkback Random thefts' or loss of laptops and other physical assets inevitably occur, however, if access to the data on these stolen items is protected, for example through encryption, this information will remain protected and out of the reach of criminals.
About: Stolen Nationwide laptop prompts FSA probe
[November 14, 2006, 10:04 by Fiona Goldsworthy]
MOD: Military spending to favour tech
Talkback Repeatedly officers lose laptops containing sensitive information. My own company has now developed a unique system for tracking and recovering stolen PCs. Several things make this product unique, amongst which is the inability of a thief to either...
About: MOD: Military spending to favour tech
[December 13, 2003, 13:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Stuff gets stolen, lost, broken: it is inconceivable that the owners of the laptops could let them go through. Now, there are equivalent cases where people carry laptops containing information for which they are legally liable.
[August 11, 2006, 19:15 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Negroponte at NetEvents
Blog It takes 600 people to launch 1.2 million laptops Laptops cost much the same as ten years ago. A key specification, the laptop takes 2 watt as opposed to thirty or forty for normal laptops, and you can generate 20 watts with the upper body in a...
[December 2, 2006, 6:09 in News Blog by Rupert Goodwins]
It wasn't just one MoD laptop...
Blog The data on none of these three laptops was encrypted. Whoops - defence secretary Des Browne has just revealed to parliament that it's not just one MoD laptop that's been stolen - it's three. One was taken from a car in Manchester in October 2006...
[January 21, 2008, 16:31 in News Blog by David Meyer]
Official Organizations Losing Data
Blog Laptops issued to employees could be used as thin terminals connecting to perhaps an LTSP server via a secure tunnel. Remote users and systems could be forced to change passwords etc.on a daily basis so that anyone stupid enough to write their...
[December 22, 2009, 14:49 in On The Road by Fat Pop Do Wop]
Toshiba Libretto U100
Member Review This new unit is very likely to be used by someone wanting a discrete unit that the usual thieves will not be able to see as it should be able to be easily carried with the user rather than hidden under the seat of a car, which is why tens of...
[July 1, 2005, 9:33]
Why???
Talkback Was it necessary for them to have been easliy stealable laptops rather than basic desktop workstations working to a server containing the information? Why were laptops (or any other computers) left in unattended and insecure office areas?
About: Hospital loses information on child patients
[March 28, 2007, 20:49 by 1000215420]
Great to have the patches but which of my systems actually need patching?
Talkback As vulnerabilities can be found literally everywhere - from gateways and routers to DNS servers, web servers, desktops, and laptops - many IT departments run a “catch as catch can” defense. By preying upon such vulnerabilities in operating systems...
About: Microsoft patches four security flaws
[November 19, 2008, 7:40 by lumension]
Over 10000 laptops are lost every week in US airports!
Blog Yesterday article in PCWorld with reference to the Ponemon Institute survey claims close to 637,000 laptops lost in large US airports each year. About 53 percent said that laptops contain confidential company information, with 65 percent taking...
[July 1, 2008, 14:57 in On The Road by pathologist]
RE: SightSpeed Acquired By Logitech
Blog Comment Add to that the fact that SightSpeed now comes pre-loaded on Dell laptops (as Dell Video Chat Powered by SightSpeed), and they have the potential to build a pretty good sized user base. At the same time, people are getting tired of being treated...
[October 30, 2008, 8:44 by J.A. Watson]
It will get worse
Talkback We’ve seen a handful of flare-ups such as this laptop being stolen, theft of customer credit card info, release of peoples search terms on Google and that’s not even bringing up the US administration’s assault on privacy in the name of national...
About: Laptops containing police payroll data stolen
[November 23, 2006, 13:23 by 187205]
Steal Cars, No Steal Laptops
Talkback Depending on the data stored on a machine, a thief can garner more from a laptops sensitive information than simply pawning the machine. Most people can take some very basic steps to prevent laptop theft like, not leaving laptops unattended in...
About: Laptops containing police payroll data stolen
[November 23, 2006, 1:41 by marileev]
