[Dataloss] CA: Stolen health computer stored 20,000 names

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http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/08/03/4390118-sun.html

Police and the office of the information and privacy commissioner are 
investigating a theft of four Capital Health computers - one containing 
20,000 patient names, health card numbers, addresses and reason for 
admittance to hospital.

But the risk of a hacker cracking the passwords is very low, said Capital 
Health spokesman Steve Buick.

The computers were stolen from a secure desk with a cable lock in a secure 
downtown building on the evening of May 8.

Capital Health waited nearly three months before announcing the crime 
because it took that long for the addresses of the 20,000 patients to be 
confirmed, Buick said, adding letters to the affected patients were mailed 
out yesterday.

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