Stanford Hospital blames contractor for data breach

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220626/Stanford_Hospital_blames_contractor_for_data_breach

By Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld
October 6, 2011

Stanford Hospital & Clinics this week blamed a third party billing contractor 
for a data breach that exposed the personal data of some 20,000 patients.

Stanford release a statement blaming the contractor just a week after it was 
hit with a $20 million lawsuit related to the breach, which the Palo Alto, 
Calif. health care provider disclosed in September.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Sept. 28 by one of the 
affected patients, Shana Springer, who is seeking $1,000 per compromise record, 
or $20 million.

Stanford last month disclosed that a spreadsheet being handled by a third party 
billing contractor, Multi Specialties Collection Services (MSCS), was somehow 
posted on Student of Fortune, a website that lets students solicit homework 
help for a fee.

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