Perot Systems Walks Off With Indiana Hospital's Patient Data

["ziplock" <ziplock () pogowasright org>]

It's been a while since there was a high-profile breach of Americans'
personal data, but the Sisters of St. Francis, a hospital chain servicing
Indiana and Illinois, wins the dubious honor of putting data theft back on
the front page.

St. Francis reported that an employee of Perot Systems, a contractor that
was aiding the hospital with its medical billing records, walked off with
three compact discs (CDs) containing the personal and medical billing
information on 260,000 patients.

The unidentified employee then exchanged the bag for another one, but left
the CDs inside.

According to hospital officials, the original bag containing the CDs was
returned to the hospital, and they were "confident the data was not
accessed."

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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/10/st_francis_data.html


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