Hacker compromises patient and firefighter information

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http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hacker-Compermises-Patient-and-Firefighter-Information-240206801.html

By Matt Markovich
KOMONews.com
Jan 14, 2014

DUVALL, Wash. -- Having firemen come to your house or accident scene is 
traumatic enough, but now some Eastside residents who experienced such an 
event may be vunerable to identity theft.

A hacker gained entry into a computer server run by NORCOM, the North East 
King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency, which is 
responsible for dispatching first responders for many fire districts.

"It didn't involve the call center at all," said NORCOM executive director 
Tom Orr.

Orr said it was a separate server inside their Bellevue headquarters that 
was used to share files internally with agencies NORCOM works with.

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