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Hacker compromises patient and firefighter information
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 07:15:14 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hacker-Compermises-Patient-and-Firefighter-Information-240206801.html By Matt Markovich KOMONews.com Jan 14, 2014DUVALL, Wash. -- Having firemen come to your house or accident scene is traumatic enough, but now some Eastside residents who experienced such an event may be vunerable to identity theft.
A hacker gained entry into a computer server run by NORCOM, the North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency, which is responsible for dispatching first responders for many fire districts.
"It didn't involve the call center at all," said NORCOM executive director Tom Orr.
Orr said it was a separate server inside their Bellevue headquarters that was used to share files internally with agencies NORCOM works with.
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