NH: Security breach exposes Concord Hospital patient data

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

(different than the one just posted by d2d)

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070609/NEWS03/70609002/1030

A security lapse exposed the personal information of more than 9,000 
Concord Hospital patients and insurers, leaving their names, addresses, 
dates of birth and social security numbers unprotected on the internet 
"for a period of time," the Concord Monitor has learned. The hospital 
notified patients of the problem today, more than a week after the 
hospital found out about the security lapse from a subcontractor that 
handles its online billing, according to a hospital statement released to 
the Monitor.

No credit card information was exposed and, to the hospital's knowledge, 
no personal health information was at risk or compromised, according to a 
statement released to the the Monitor yesterday afternoon.

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