Update - Vassar Brothers Medical Center laptop

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

Stolen laptop contained no identifying patient information

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061005/BUSINESS/61005013

A private investigation has determined that a laptop taken from Vassar 
Brothers Medical Center did not contain any personally identifying patient 
information, center officials said.

Vassar Brothers hired Kroll, an international risk consulting company 
based in New York City, to investigate the contents of the laptop. Kroll's 
Web site says it has a division that specializes in computer forensics.

After the theft was discovered in June, the center did its own internal 
investigation and, based on that, mailed notices to 257,800 patients whose 
personal data - including Social Security number, address, date of birth 
and name - officials believed was compromised.

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