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(update) OR: Ex-worker sues hospital in data loss
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:54:54 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1188960930183820.xml&coll=7 The Providence Health System employee who took home the computerized records of 365,000 patients that were later stolen from his van has sued the hospital, saying he was fired because he reported the theft to authorities. The security breach has been reckoned the largest in state history. Steven Shields, who was a Providence information systems analyst, says in his lawsuit that he was told to take the records to his Milwaukie home. The records were on 10 computer disks and data tapes in a bag that Shields left in his van when he parked it in his driveway Dec. 30, 2005. [.] Shields is asking in his suit for at least $1 million in back wages and damages for "pain, suffering, humiliation, anger, lost sleep, lost enjoyment in life, anxiety, depression and skin disorders." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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