NJ: Potential security breach at Cooper Univ. Hospital

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http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7578794

CAMDEN, N.J. - July 27, 2010 (WPVI) -- A thumb drive that contained
personal data about current and past graduate medical education
residents and fellows at Cooper University Hospital has gone missing.
Hospital sources tell Action News the thumb drive went missing on July
8th.
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 Cooper refused an interview but released the following statement:

"Cooper University Hospital is investigating the circumstances
surrounding a missing thumb drive. The thumb drive contained
information with personal data about graduate medical education
residents and fellows for the current and prior academic years. We
have advised the residents and fellows who were advised to contact
their local police. No other employee information was compromised.
Further, No patient information or records were compromised. The
incident was reported to the New Jersey State Police Cyber Crimes Unit
on Friday, July 23 as per the state notification procedure. The
hospital is conducting a thorough investigation and has initiated an
aggressive plan to protect any personnel who could be affected by this
potential security breach."
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