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N.L. police probe security breach of patient information
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:30:44 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/11/24/security-breach.html CBC News November 24, 2007 Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are investigating a computer security breach involving sensitive patient information that may have been accessed through the internet. The data, including lab test results for infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis along with patient names and health numbers, was stored on a government desktop computer, said Health Minister Ross Wiseman. The computer was unplugged and taken to the home of a consultant working for the Provincial Public Health Laboratory, something Wiseman said should never have happened. "That was an inappropriate use. Obviously individual computers that are available for work are there for the workplace only," he told CBC News. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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