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Healthcare Breach Exposes Nearly 4 Million Patients' Data

4 pointsby d0neover 13 years ago

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DanBCover 13 years ago
(<a href="http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/attacks-breaches/231903320/stolen-desktop-computer-exposes-data-of-nearly-4-million-patients.html?itc=edit_stub" rel="nofollow">http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/secur...</a>)<p>&#62; <i>The computer also contained demographic data -- names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, medical record numbers, and health insurance plan providers -- as well as medical diagnoses between January 2005 and January 2011 of 943,000 Sutter Medical Foundation patients.</i><p>&#62; <i>The database included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, medical record numbers, and health insurance plan providers, between 1995 and January 2011 of 3.3 million patients under Sutter Physician Services. SPS provides managed care services and billing for healthcare providers.</i><p>And from the company:<p>(<a href="http://www.sutterhealth.org/noticeforpatients/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sutterhealth.org/noticeforpatients/</a>)