[Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records fromover2million patients stolen

[DAIL, WILLARD A]

I've spoken to this company before, when I owned a small company in the transportation security industry.  They manufacture tracking devices for bank bags and money shipments.  Data tapes would seem like a perfect fit.

http://www.zytrack.com/banking.htm

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From: dataloss-bounces at attrition.org on behalf of Alex Joannou
Sent: Tue 6/10/2008 6:30 PM
To: Max Hozven; dataloss-bounces at attrition.org; David Metcalf; lyger; dataloss at attrition.org
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records fromover2million patients stolen



Like a lojack for data tapes.  Sounds like a great product idea.

Thanks,

Alex

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From: "Max Hozven" <mhozven at tealeaf.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:06
To:"David Metcalf" <dmetcalf at mcraemetcalf.com>, "lyger" <lyger at attrition.org>,       <dataloss at attrition.org>
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over
        2million patients stolen


Maybe customers should put in a GPS tracking device in each of their tape boxes (or one box in each
shipment of boxes).
At least if the box isnt stolen (and the GPS discarded/trashed/etc), they would have a chance at tracking
the location (or last tracked location) of a tape box.

-Max



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From: dataloss-bounces at attrition.org [mailto:dataloss-bounces at attrition.org] On Behalf Of David Metcalf
 Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:49 PM
 To: 'lyger'; dataloss at attrition.org
 Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over 2million patients stolen

I cannot believe that they are only offering a $1,000 reward for return of the tapes "no questions asked."

http://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/current/billing_theft.html

The website of the security company that lost the tapes is also interesting. It shows impressive pictures of their storage vault which was designed to be an impregnable fortress and can even withstand a nuclear blast. Unfortunately, the employee never made it that far.

http://www.perpetualstorage.com/index_home.htm

Another example of human error overcoming the most rugged technological precautions. Or as Mom used to say, No system is fool proof.

David

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 Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:07 PM
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http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=76de0817-3ffe-4f8e-9764-506795954fa1

Billing records of 2.2 million patients at the University of Utah
Hospitals and Clinics were stolen from a vehicle after a courier failed to
immediately take them to a storage center, authorities said Tuesday.

The records, described only as backup information tapes, contained Social
Security numbers of 1.3 million people treated at the university over the
last 16 years, said Lorris Betz, senior vice president for health
sciences.

Betz said people would be notified by a letter at a cost of $500,000 just
for stamps and envelopes. The hospital also pledged free credit
monitoring.

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