Patients question UW Medicine's handling of computer hack

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http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hacked-Patients-Question-Why-Some-Get-Credit-Monitoring-While-Others-Dont-234331281.html

By Matt Markovich
komonews.com
Dec 3, 2013

SEATTLE -- Ninety thousand UW Medicine patients are being notified via 
letter of a data security breach that potentially involves their personal 
information.

But some patients, such as Karen Hauger, are questioning why they're not 
being offered "credit monitoring" like other victims.

Susan Phillips got a similar letter last week, but her notice included an 
offer to pay for a year of fraud-protection services, which she gladly 
accepted.

Both letters explain how UW Medicine became aware in October of a 
intrusion into their computer systems.  Officials believe a UW employee 
opened up an attachment loaded with malware on their computer.

The malware then started pilfering personal information on a database used 
by UW Medicine and sent the information outside of the network.

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