Blood Donor Data Lost from Red Cross
Donors from Texas and Oklahoma have reason to worry about identity theft. Another stolen laptop incident has personal information such as Social Security numbers exposed to crooks.
A laptop containing personal information from thousands of blood donors — including Social Security numbers and medical histories — was stolen from a local office of the American Red Cross, but officials said the data was encrypted.
The data included matching names and birth dates of donors from Texas and Oklahoma, as well as donors’ sexual and disease histories.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Written by MCruz on July 4th, 2006 with
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