CA: SoCal hospital warns patients of computer breach

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12850731?nclick_check=1

Patients at a San Diego medical center have been warned that a hacker 
breached the center's computers and gained access to patients' personal 
information.

The University of California, San Diego's Moores Cancer Center sent a 
letter to 30,000 patients after the records were accessed late last month.

Spokeswoman DeAnn Marshall says the computer servers have information such 
as patients' names, birth dates and diagnosis and treatment dates.

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