A computer containing medical and personal information for approximately 2,500 patients was stolen from a Stanford faculty member's locked office sometime between July 15 and 16, according to Stanford University Medical Center.
The computer, which may also have held some patient social security numbers, was outfitted with software that would detect when and where the computer connected to the Internet. No detection has occurred yet.
No one's complete medical records or health history were stored in the computer.
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School officials are working with law enforcement to determine specifics of the attack. They have yet to figure out how significant it was.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=DATA-BREACHES