[Dataloss] NH: Security breach exposes Concord Hospital patient data
lyger
lyger at attrition.org
Sat Jun 9 21:34:08 UTC 2007
(different than the one just posted by d2d)
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/NEWS03/70609002/1030
A security lapse exposed the personal information of more than 9,000
Concord Hospital patients and insurers, leaving their names, addresses,
dates of birth and social security numbers unprotected on the internet
"for a period of time," the Concord Monitor has learned. The hospital
notified patients of the problem today, more than a week after the
hospital found out about the security lapse from a subcontractor that
handles its online billing, according to a hospital statement released to
the Monitor.
No credit card information was exposed and, to the hospital's knowledge,
no personal health information was at risk or compromised, according to a
statement released to the the Monitor yesterday afternoon.
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