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  • March 2008
    • Patients' Info Swiped Along With Laptop

      Patients' Info Swiped Along With Laptop

      (Newser) - A government laptop loaded with personal medical info on thousands of patients just “fell through the cracks,” a top exec with an NIH subsidiary says. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute machine was stolen Feb. 23, apparently at random, from an employee’s car trunk. None of the 2,500 records on the machine was encrypted, a violation of federal guidelines, CNN reports. More »

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      identity theft   laptop   computer security   Government Accountability Office   medical records   encryption   breach of security   private data   National Institute of Health

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