Stolen Laptops lead to Hospitals Data breach, 700+k patients details compromised

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">About 729,000 patients data at risk after thieves managed to break into the AHMC Hospital’s administrative offices and steal two laptops on October 12.<br /><br />The Los Angeles Times reports that the stolen laptops contain names, Medicare/insurance IDs, diagnosis codes,insurance/patient payments and social security numbers.<br /><br />The suspects managed to break in despite the fact that the office has good security protection with a video-monitoring , gated & patrolled by security.<br /><br />The theft was discovered on October 14, the security camera video evidence showed that the theft occurred on Oct. 12.  A complaint has immediately been filled at Al hambra Police Department.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">News adopted from <a href="http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/10/stolen-laptops-leads-to-hospital-data.html" target="_blank">EHN</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dated: October 24, 2013</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>

Stolen Laptops lead to Hospitals Data breach, 700+k patients details compromised

About 729,000 patients data at risk after thieves managed to break into the AHMC Hospital’s administrative offices and steal two laptops on ...

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