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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 University of Miami physician or visited a UM facility since Jan. 1, 1999, is likely included on the tapes,' UM said in a news release. “The data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers or health information. The university will be notifying by mail the 47,000 patients whose data may have included credit card or other financial information regarding bill payment.”

 

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.

 

To read the article in The Miami Herald, click here.

 

To read the UM news release, click here.



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