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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 251 days ago
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http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3442638 By ELISE CASTELLIFederalTimes.comMarch 24, 2008 Personal data on a stolen National Institutes of Health laptop was not secured by encryption measures, as federal regulations require.As a result, medical data on nearly 2,500 patients is at risk following the February theft of a laptop from the locked trunk of a laboratory researchers car.The [National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute] recognizes that such information should not have been stored in an unencrypted fo read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 234 days ago
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903680.htmlBy Rick Weiss and Ellen NakashimaWashington Post Staff WritersApril 10, 2008Social Security numbers for more than 1,200 participants in a National Institutes of Health study were stored on a stolen laptop containing their medical records, putting those patients at risk of identity theft, agency officials said yesterday.NIH officials had initially assured the more than 3,000 patients whose records were on the laptop that the read more »
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http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152223-1.htmlBy Mary MosqueraFCW.comApril 11, 2008The director of the National Institutes of Health has notified employees to expect random computer audits as the agency works to ensure full compliance with its security policies. NIH discovered that a stolen laptop PC belonging to NIH contained medical data and Social Security numbers of 1,200 patients involved in medical research.The theft of the unencrypted laptop was a major violation of NIH’s commitment to protect the con read more »
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