CALIFORNIA COMPUTERS STOLEN http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/03/14/2971391/burglars-steal-furniture-and-computers.html

Burglars steal furniture and computers from SLO business

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Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2014/03/14/2971391/burglars-steal-furniture-and-computers.html#storylink=cpyBurglars stole $20,000 worth of furniture and computers from a business on the 3400 block of Broad Street in San Luis Obispo late Wednesday or early Thursday, according to the city police department.

The most expensive item stolen was a large dark red wooden conference table with a black top and two round pedestal legs, police Lt. Jeff Smith said. The business, on Broad Street just south of Orcutt Road, was closed at the time.

The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking for assistance from anyone who has information related to the theft. Information can be given by calling the department at 781-7317 or by calling Crime Stoppers at (805) 549-STOP.

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CALIFORNIA COMPUTERS STOLEN http://www.ocregister.com/articles/computers-606060-stolen-long.html

Computers stolen from Cal State Long Beach library

BY KELLY PUENTE / STAFF WRITER

Published: March 18, 2014 Updated: 5:20 p.m.

Cal State Long Beach campus police are investigating seven computers that were stolen from the University Library within the past month, authorities said.

Cal State Long Beach spokesman Rick Gloady said the loss is a total value of about $5,000. Four computers were reported stolen on Feb. 11 from the first floor of the main library. About a month later on March 13, three additional computers were stolen from the same area, he said.

Police have no suspects or leads and the investigation is ongoing, he said.

UK COMPUTERS STOLEN http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/11061352.Burnley_schools__computers_stolen_in_night_raids/

Burnley schools' computers stolen in night raids

3:00pm Friday 7th March 2014 in News

Burnley schools' computers stolen in night raids

TWO primary schools in Burnley have been raided by thieves within 24 hours of each other.

St Mary Magdalene’s, in Wellfield Drive, and Holy Trinity, in Raglan Road, had laptops used by teachers and electronic notepads used by pupils, worth just under £2,000, stolen.

Headteachers have slammed the ‘heartless’ thieves’ behaviour.

Offenders targeted St Mary Magdalene’s between 12.30am and 1.30am yesterday, stealing six Samsung notebooks used in lessons.

Headteacher Julie Frazer said burglars who target schools do not realise how much disruption they cause for the children.

She said: “I think it’s absolutely appalling that anybody would take anything used in children’s education.

“It’s disgusting and shameful. The children here are just lovely and it’s upsetting to think somebody would do this.

“We’re very security conscious. I don’t know what more we can do without making the school look like a prison.

“We aren’t sure how they broke in, but luckily, because there is no obvious damage to the building, the children are quite oblivious to the burglary.”

At around midnight on Tuesday, thieves forced open a ground floor classroom window at Holy Trinity and stole two Toshiba laptops worth £500 each, which were used in lessons by teachers.

Headteacher Rev Catherine Braithwaite said: “It’s just sad. People don’t realise that we’ve lost time when we should have been working while the police have been here, and waiting for the window to be fixed.

“I don’t think they realise that there’s a school budget. We don’t just get everything from the county.

“The money that will have to be spent repairing the damage and replacing the equipment is money that would have been spent on the children’s education.”

PC Tom Gibbons, of Burnley police, said officers would be keeping an eye on the area to ensure there isn’t a spate of similar incidents.

He said: “We’re going to make sure we’re visible in the area.

“Unfortunately, schools can be easy targets, depending on what offenders are looking to steal.

“I would like to say that if anybody tries to sell you one of these laptops, please call 101, it would be very helpful.”

CALIFORNIA COMPUTERS STOLEN http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-medical-data-breach-20140306,0,6112096.story#axzz2vKVIH7qx

Personal data on L.A. County medical patients stolen from contractor

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March 6, 2014, 11:55 a.m.

As many as 168,500 patients of Los Angeles County medical facilities may have had their data stolen in a break-in at a county contractor's office last month, county officials said Thursday.

A Torrance office of Sutherland Healthcare Solutions, which handles billing and collections for the county's Department of Health Services, was broken into on Feb. 5 and computer equipment was stolen, according to a statement from the county. [Updated at 4:19 p.m.: Sutherland also handles billing and collections for the county's Department of Public Health].

The computers contained patient data including patients' first and last names, Social Security numbers and certain medical and billing information, and may also have included birthdates, addresses and diagnoses.

"I'm not aware of another breach of this significance ever having occurred," said Los Angeles County Assistant Auditor-Controller Robert Campbell. The auditor-controller's office oversees the county's compliance with federal medical privacy regulations.

Campbell said Sutherland notified the county of the breach on Feb. 10, but it was not clear at that point how many patients were affected. On Feb. 25, the company confirmed that county patients' data were stolen, and on Thursday began notifying the patients by mail.

The district attorney's cyber investigation team is working with the Torrance Police Department and other law enforcement agencies on a criminal investigation. Campbell said the county will be looking into the contract with Sutherland and procedures that were in place to see if the breach could have been prevented.

Sutherland has set up a toll free line at (877) 868-9284 so that patients can find out if they were affected. The line will be available beginning Friday. The company will provide free credit monitoring for patients whose data were stolen.

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MICHIGAN COMPUTERS STOLEN http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/03/more_than_50_computers_stolen.html

More than 50 computers stolen in overnight break-ins at 2 Ann Arbor high schools

Ann Arbor Police investigators work at Huron High School's media center Tuesday morning at 2727 Fuller Road in Ann Arbor. Officers are investigating a break-in at the school in which the exterior glass door to the media center was broken about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday and more than 50 computers were stolen and damaged. (Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News)

By Amy Biolchini | amybiolchini@mlive.com 
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on March 04, 2014 at 12:29 PM, updated March 04, 2014 at 3:09 PM

More than 50 computers were stolen or damaged when thieves targeted two of Ann Arbor's high schools in late-night break-ins that occurred within hours of each other.

Previous coverage: Ann Arbor police: Large quantity of computers stolen from Huron High School

The first occurred at Ann Arbor Technological High School at Stone School and Packard roads in the city's south side about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, said Liz Margolis, spokeswoman for Ann Arbor Public Schools.

A glass window in an exterior metal door to the building's media center was broken into, Margolis said. A desktop computer in the media center was stolen and another of the media center's computers had been damaged. It was the second time this year thieves broke into the school.

Each of AAPS' buildings is equipped with an alarm system that triggers a response from the district's security service, Margolis said. The security service is then responsible for contacting police, Margolis said. 

Ann Arbor Police vehicles are parked outside of Huron High School's media center Tuesday morning at 2727 Fuller Road in Ann Arbor. Officers are investigating a break-in at the school in which the exterior glass door to the media center was broken about 2:45 a.m. Tuesday and more than 50 computers were stolen and damaged.Amy Biolchini | The Ann Arbor News 

Monday night, the alarm at A2 Tech went off and the district was notified immediately by the company, Margolis said.

About two hours later at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday, someone smashed open an exterior glass door to Huron High School's media center in the back of the building. A surveillance video camera is located directly above the door that was broken.

The thief or thieves stole or damaged more than 50 laptop and desktop computers in Huron's media center, Margolis said.

Though Huron is equipped with exterior security cameras and is covered by the same alarm system as at A2 Tech, the district didn't learn of the break-in at Huron until it was discovered by a staff member about 7 a.m. Tuesday, Margolis said.

"We're still investigating whether the alarm went off at Huron," Margolis said.

Ann Arbor Police and school officials were continuing to investigate how many machines were stolen Tuesday morning at Huron.

The school district will be filing a claim with its insurance company for the stolen computers, Margolis said.

As a part of its 2012 Technology Bond upgrades, AAPS had purchased new Apple computers for Huron and A2 Tech—as well as most of its buildings—this school year.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call the Ann Arbor police anonymous tip line at 734-794-6939 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK UP (773-2587).

This is at least the third time this year that computers have been stolen from school buildings in Washtenaw County during a break-in.

Thieves broke in to A2 Tech overnight Thursday, Jan. 23 to Friday, Jan. 24: A window was broken and electronics— including desktop and laptop computers—were stolen.

Earlier in January thieves broke into an Ypsilanti elementary school multiple times. A total of 24 desktop computers were stolen from Holmes Elementary at 1255 Holmes Road in two break-ins, the most recent of which was Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Suspects were captured on exterior surveillance video leaving the school building with large trash bins.

Amy Biolchini is the K-12 education reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her atamybiolchini@mlive.com, (734) 623-2552 or on Twitter. Find all Washtenaw County K-12 education stories on MLive.com.

TEXAS COMPUTERS STOLEN http://healthitsecurity.com/2014/03/03/patient-information-breached-after-office-computer-theft/

Patient information breached after office computer theft

Author Name Nicole Freeman   |   Date March 3, 2014   |   Tagged Administrative Safeguards,Health Data Breach, Health Data Encryption, Health Data Security, HIPAA, PHI, Physical Safeguards,Technical Safeguards

An office break-in may have comprised theprotected health information (PHI) of patients at Dr. J.M. Benson’s Sherman, Texas practice, according to a report from the Herald Democrat. The incident was reported on January 5, 2014.

During the theft, computers and at least one hard drive were stolen from the office. The devices contained patient information including names, addresses, phone numbers, health insurance provider numbers, and Social Security numbers. It is not clear as to whether or not the information was encrypted.

In a written statement, the office advised patients to check their health reports for fraudulent service charges, as well as credit reports. “We suspect that it might be possible for the persons who stole the equipment to attempt to use the information contained therein for the purposes of committing health insurance fraud,” the statement said.

Since the incident, the office has begun updating its security system. The police investigation is ongoing.

INDIA COMPUTERS STOLEN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/One-arrested-for-stealing-computers-from-primary-school/articleshow/31103172.cms

One arrested for

stealing computers

from primary school

Tushar Tere, TNN | Feb 27, 2014, 03.33PM IST

VADODARA: A gang of persons that stole computers from a school in Chhota Udepur about five months ago was busted by the rural local crime branch (LCB). 

The LCB arrested Ashok Rathwa, a resident of Bhilpur in Chhota Udepur for stealing six computers worth Rs 42,500 from a primary school with the help of his accomplices. District superintendent of police (DSP) rural, Sandip Singh had directed police inspector A M Saiyad to prevent and detect property crimes in the district. 

Saiyad had got information about Rathwa following which the cops kept began looking for him. The police got information that Rathwa had met with road accident and he was on his way back to home. 

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TCSO: Group stole donated items from Manor community center

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TRAVIS COUNTY -- Detectives with the Travis County Sheriff's Department are searching for people they believe stole donated items from a Manor community center.

Around 10 p.m. on Feb. 1, the group broke into the Travis County Community Center on West Carrie Manor Road in Manor, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies say the group stole computers, clothing and other items which had been donated.

If you have any information on the suspects at large you are asked to call Travis County Sheriff's Detective Ava Reyna at (512) 854-7407 or Crime Stoppers at (512) 472-TIPS.