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Authorities at Deaconess Hospital are notifying 128 patients that they could be the victims of identity theft.
Deaconess Hospital administrators are advising patients Tuesday night that their identity may have been compromised after a laptop, containing information on 128 patients, is missing and presumed stolen from the respiratory therapy department.
Source: 14 News
Written by MCruz on December 29th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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Two groups are potentially most affected — patients’ families and people who donated money to the hospital.
The patient information accessed by the hackers included billing information from office visits to doctors employed by Children’s Hospital. Those records contained personal information, such as Social Security numbers, but did not contain any medical or financial information, the hospital said.
The donor database included bank-account information and routing numbers, though it did not contain Social Security numbers. Credit card information attached to the donor files was encrypted and unreadable to the hackers.
More information about the security breach can be found on Akron Children’s Hospital website.
Source: Centre Daily
Written by MCruz on October 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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So many tips, so much news with very little time. Here are this weekend’s personal data exposure reports:
Written by MCruz on September 10th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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LabCorp is notifying patients that a recent break-in at their Monroe, NJ location may have exposed their sensitive personal information. A computer containing patient data was stolen from its Prospect Plains Road sample-collection center.
LabCorp is in the process of identifying patients who may have had their names and Social Security numbers on a computer stolen from its Monroe Patient Service Center and notifying people by mail, said Pamela Sherry, LabCorp’s senior vice president of corporate communications.
Anyone affected by the breach may call the company at (800) 788-9091, Ext. 3925.
Source: Home News Tribune
Written by MCruz on August 31st, 2006 with no comments.
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Vassar Brothers Medical Center has sent out a follow up letter to help patients whose personal data was on a laptop computer stolen from the hospital in late June.
The letter, dated Aug. 16, says the hospital understands the difficulty patients have had in contacting the credit bureaus to place fraud alerts on their credit reports. “In an effort to ease this process for those who encountered difficulties contacting the credit bureaus, we have prepared a form in conjunction with Trans Union that can be filled out and sent back to Trans Union via U.S. mail,” the letter says.
Source: Poughkeepsie Journal Thanks to Larry for the story!
Written by MCruz on August 19th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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Several personal personal computers and laptops were stolen from a regional office operated by the Hospital Corporation of America. This affects patients at Methodist Hospital, Metropolitan Methodist, Northeast Methodist and Methodist Ambulatory Surgery hospitals.
During a break-in at an HCA regional office, 10 computers were stolen, which held thousands of files listing unpaid bills from Medicare and Medicaid patients for hospitals in eight states. The records were required for government reports. The computers were stolen from a secured building, protected by keypad lock technology and video surveillance. All required a password for access. An analysis is ongoing, but law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have launched an investigation of the theft.
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Data on the stolen computers included some patient social security numbers, and in a small number of cases, codes used by the government to identify patient groups.
To find out if you are affected, visit the Hospital Corporation of America site or call (800)354-1036.
Source: WOAI San Antonio News
Written by MCruz on August 17th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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