PSA HealthCare Suffers Data Security Breach
PSA HealthCare patients’ data was lost in a stolen laptop. A press release was issued yesterday by the company with the following information:
PSA HealthCare (Nasdaq: PSAI) today announced that a company-owned laptop computer was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in a public parking lot. The laptop computer contained certain personal information of approximately 51,000 current and former patients, including names and social security numbers and, in a limited number of cases, personal health information. The laptop computer was password protected and PSA has no indication that any of the information has been accessed or misused. However, PSA will begin to contact the affected individuals in order to provide them with steps to take to protect themselves from any possible misuse of their personal information.
Source: BusinessWire
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Written by MCruz on August 5th, 2006 with
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