[Dataloss] N.L. police probe security breach of patient information

[security curmudgeon]

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/11/24/security-breach.html

CBC News
November 24, 2007

Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are investigating a computer 
security breach involving sensitive patient information that may have been 
accessed through the internet.

The data, including lab test results for infectious diseases such as HIV 
and hepatitis along with patient names and health numbers, was stored on a 
government desktop computer, said Health Minister Ross Wiseman.

The computer was unplugged and taken to the home of a consultant working 
for the Provincial Public Health Laboratory, something Wiseman said should 
never have happened.

"That was an inappropriate use. Obviously individual computers that are 
available for work are there for the workplace only," he told CBC News.

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