3,000 cancer subjects at risk of identity theft
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, April 23, 2007
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About 3,000 cancer study subjects and potential study subjects are at risk of identity theft after thieves stole a file server from a locked office at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), the school announced. The file server contained subjects' names, contact information, and Social Security numbers.
"There is no specific evidence that data on the server was accessed or is being used by any unauthorized person," the University said on its Web site. UCSF is notifying victims as a precaution. Although the school believes that approximately 3,000 are affected, the complexity of the file formats and layout on the server mean that the number may rise.
The UCSF Police Department is currently conducting a full investigation of the March 30 theft in collaboration with the San Francisco Police Department.
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