University of Miami security breach: 2 million patients' information stolen
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, April 28, 2008
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Computer back-up tapes containing information about 2.1 million University of Miami (UM) patients’ information were stolen from an offsite storage company’s truck on March 17, according to the The Miami Herald.
“Anyone who has been a patient of a
UM has determined that it is unlikely that the information stored on the backup tapes could be accessed or extracted, according to the UM release.
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