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Washington - Madrona patients may face ID theft
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:24:04 -0400 (EDT)
Courtesy pogowasright.org http://news.bellinghamherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/NEWS09/608110341 Madrona Medical Group is asking thousands of patients to watch their credit reports after a former employee was charged with illegally downloading patient files onto his personal laptop computer. Madrona officials don't believe the files were copied or used for identity theft, but they sent letters this week to more than 6,000 patients anyway, asking them to take steps to make sure no one uses the information illegally. The records include patients' names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth. "There is no evidence that this individual actually transferred information to any other source," said Dr. Erick Laine, CEO of Madrona Medical Group, a large multispecialty practice in Bellingham. But Madrona officials are required by law to let patients know of the security breach, he said. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 142 million compromised records in 296 incidents over 6 years.
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