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POTENTIAL data leakage from Wichita KS Medical group
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:06:43 -0500
http://www.kansascw.com/Global/story.asp?S=8643448 The Wichita Radiological Group received an anonymous call saying their patient records may have been stolen. On Monday, the executive director reported the information to Wichita police. According to the police report, the caller claims a former employee stole patient records before being fired from the Wichita Radiological Group. The caller said the former employee is now using patients' personal and financial information to pay bills. The radiological group is not sure how much, if any information was stolen. So far, they have not found any evidence of the theft. But tens of thousands of patient records were in the database could have been compromised. An attorney for the Wichita Radiological Group tells Eyewitness News they have launched an internal investigation. The group changed internal passwords to make sure no more records are accessed. Wichita police say they need identity theft victims from the case to come forward before they can proceed in their investigation. [...] Statement from the Wichita Radiological Group: "We are aware that allegations have been made regarding the actions of a former employee. The allegations were made by an anonymous caller and, to date, we have not uncovered any evidence of wrongdoing. However, we take these matters seriously and, as a result, have reported the allegations to the Wichita police and are conducting an internal investigation. We have safeguards in place to protect the privacy and confidentiality of our patients' information, which safeguards meet or exceed the requirements of federal and state law. In the event our investigation reveals that patient information was used or disclosed in violation of the law, we will take appropriate action and will notify those patients affected. We would emphasize to the public that the person alleged to have been involved did not have access to any patients' medical charts." [...] _______________________________________________ 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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