Computer breach at Children's Hospital

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Overseas hackers have apparently accessed two computers at Children's
hospital, one containing private patient data, the other billing and
bank information.

The hospital is preparing to send out more than 200,000 letters
informing patients of the breach. It's also given the F.B.I.
information for the investigation.

The hackers apparently were from Germany and used computer loops
through France, Turkey, and Canada, eventually landing data from
Akron.

"It's absolutely terrifying in this day and age where information is
power," says patient Jennifer Ferrick. "Privacy is of the utmost
importance in the medical field."

"Social Security numbers on there, information, lot of information on
there and their children and it could be scary," adds Emily Williams,
also a Children's patient.

There's no evidence hackers downloaded the information but they could
have viewed it.

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