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Re: (update): Utah hospital billing records fromover2million patients stolen
From: "DAIL, WILLARD A" <ADAIL () sunocoinc com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:49:56 -0400
I've spoken to this company before, when I owned a small company in the transportation security industry. They manufacture tracking devices for bank bags and money shipments. Data tapes would seem like a perfect fit. http://www.zytrack.com/banking.htm ________________________________ From: dataloss-bounces () attrition org on behalf of Alex Joannou Sent: Tue 6/10/2008 6:30 PM To: Max Hozven; dataloss-bounces () attrition org; David Metcalf; lyger; dataloss () attrition org Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records fromover2million patients stolen Like a lojack for data tapes. Sounds like a great product idea. Thanks, Alex -----Original Message----- From: "Max Hozven" <mhozven () tealeaf com> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:06 To:"David Metcalf" <dmetcalf () mcraemetcalf com>, "lyger" <lyger () attrition org>, <dataloss () attrition org> Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over 2million patients stolen Maybe customers should put in a GPS tracking device in each of their tape boxes (or one box in each shipment of boxes). At least if the box isnt stolen (and the GPS discarded/trashed/etc), they would have a chance at tracking the location (or last tracked location) of a tape box. -Max ---------------- From: dataloss-bounces () attrition org [mailto:dataloss-bounces () attrition org] On Behalf Of David Metcalf Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:49 PM To: 'lyger'; dataloss () attrition org Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over 2million patients stolen I cannot believe that they are only offering a $1,000 reward for return of the tapes "no questions asked." http://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/current/billing_theft.html The website of the security company that lost the tapes is also interesting. It shows impressive pictures of their storage vault which was designed to be an impregnable fortress and can even withstand a nuclear blast. Unfortunately, the employee never made it that far. http://www.perpetualstorage.com/index_home.htm Another example of human error overcoming the most rugged technological precautions. Or as Mom used to say, No system is fool proof. David -----Original Message----- From: dataloss-bounces () attrition org [mailto:dataloss-bounces () attrition org] On Behalf Of lyger Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:07 PM To: dataloss () attrition org Subject: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over 2 million patients stolen http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=76de0817-3ffe-4f8e-9764-506795954fa1 Billing records of 2.2 million patients at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics were stolen from a vehicle after a courier failed to immediately take them to a storage center, authorities said Tuesday. The records, described only as backup information tapes, contained Social Security numbers of 1.3 million people treated at the university over the last 16 years, said Lorris Betz, senior vice president for health sciences. Betz said people would be notified by a letter at a cost of $500,000 just for stamps and envelopes. The hospital also pledged free credit monitoring. [...] _______________________________________________ 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. 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