Computer theft impacts 400K S. Carolina patients

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http://www.scmagazineus.com/computer-theft-impacts-400k-s-carolina-patients/article/207820/

Computer theft impacts 400K S. Carolina patients
Angela Moscaritolo
July 19, 2011

In one of the largest health care data breaches this year, a computer 
containing hundreds of thousands of patient records was stolen from South 
Carolina's Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.

How many victims? 400,000.

What type of personal information? Social Security numbers, names, 
addresses, dates of birth and medical billing codes.

What happened? A desktop computer containing the sensitive data was stolen 
from an employee's car on March 28. The employee was authorized to have 
the computer.

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