Posts Tagged ‘laptop stolen’

NorCal’s John Muir hospital warns of breach

Filed in Security Breach, hipaa on Apr.07, 2010

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The Associated Press
Posted: 04/06/2010 08:31:15 AM PDT
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—More than 5,000 patients in the John Muir hospital system have been warned of a potential security breach after two laptop computers that contained personal and health information were stolen.
The laptops were stolen from a perinatal office in Walnut Creek in February. [...]

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Laptop security and vendor assessment

Filed in Laptop Security, Vendor Assessment on Aug.25, 2008

Another report of a laptop stolen, this one containing reams of sensitive customer information. The laptop was later returned in the same office complex, to a room which was reportedly locked; however, the sensitive data on the laptop was not encrypted.
According to a San Francisco Chronicle article by Deborah Gage (Aug 6, 2008, pg. C1): [...]

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