Lancaster General Hospital Doctors’ Personal Information Exposed

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A personal computer was stolen from a Lancaster General Hospital (LGH) office on June 10th. Only doctor’s information was stored on the computer. It is believed the equipment was the primary target of the burglary and not the data. Nevertheless, hospital administrators have sent out notification letters to the doctors. The letter instructs physicians to watch their financial accounts and credit card activities for any signs of identity theft.

The letter noted that a “free-standing PC” was stolen from the office, which contained files listing doctors’ practice addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers, used “to verify accreditations and educational backgrounds as part of the credentialing process.”

A copy of the notification letter can be seen here.

Source: Lancaster Online

Written by MCruz on July 28th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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Two US Navy Laptops with Personal Data Missing

Navy Recruiting Station offices in New Jersey have reported two laptops with personal information on recruiters and prospective recruits have been stolen. A spokesman from Navy assures that “[t]here have been no reports of illegal usage of personal data identified by these incidents.”

“However, the Navy is reviewing the data contained in the computers, including personal information on approximately 31,000 individuals.” About 4,000 Social Security numbers were included in the data on the laptops. The Navy is in the process of notifying potentially affected individuals by mail.

The laptop in Trenton was reported stolen from the recruiting station in early June, while the one in Jersey City was reported missing earlier this month.

Source: Computerworld

Written by MCruz on July 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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