Missing Backup Tapes Contain JHU Employee, Patient Data

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Wed, 2007-02-07 01:00

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Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital recently reported the loss of 9 data tapes containing the personal information of university employees and hospital patients. According to university officials, 8 of these tapes contained information such as the names, Social Security numbers and bank account information on as many as 52,000 JHU employees. The ninth tape appears to contain 83,000 patient records. However, hospital officials were quick to point out that this ninth tape dose not contain sensitive or private information. Officials from both say that there is no evidence that the tapes were stolen or misused. These officials believe that a courier must have simply left the tapes at another stop and that these tapes were destroyed.