Multiple Laptop Theft Exposes Patient Data
By Adam Dodge - Posted on September 24th, 2006
Quick Facts
- Date: 09/24/2006
- Institution: Nagasaki University
- Type of Incident: Theft
- Number Affected: 9,000
- Source: Attrition.org
- Abstract Source: The Daily Yomiuri
Abstract
Six laptop computers contain information on 9,000 patients were stolen from Nagasaki University's Hospital of Medicine and Dentistry. Information contained on these laptops includes names, genders, birth dates, and diagnoses of the hospital's hematology devision. These laptops were stolen from a Hospital laboratory. According to university officials passwords had only been set on 2,000 of the records on the laptops. The hospital alerted police as soon as the theft was discovered and officials for the university apologized for the security breach and exposure.
Tagged: Nagasaki University
• 2006
• Attrition.org
• Medical Information
• Personally Identifying Information
• Theft
