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Medical Data on 365,000 Patients Stolen

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bandwidth-and-station-wagons dept.

Anonymous writes "Backup tapes and disks with data on 365,000 patients were stolen out of the car of a worker at a healthcare company in Portland. According to this Computerworld story, the tapes were in his car because he took them home as part of a disaster recovery plan, to protect the information from fire and other on-site disasters. D'oh!"

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  1. What's the problem by WormholeFiend · · Score: 5, Funny

    They still have the originals, so they can make a new set of backups!

    1. Re:What's the problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're right.

      Taking information on people without their consent should be a crime of the highest magnitude.

      I personally, am looking forward to hearing what George Bush has to say on the matter.

  2. Hehe by Trip+Ericson · · Score: 5, Funny

    "But we know the data's safe! We just have no idea where the hell it is."

  3. Next week... by FalconZero · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...on eBay.....

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  4. Thanks, buddy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I don't have cancer anymore!

  5. In other news... by Statecraftsman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google's page count mysteriously jumps by 365,000 records. Coincidence? You decide.

  6. Re:The further story by evil-osm · · Score: 2, Funny

    So not as bad as the summary seemed to indicate, but still not the greatest thing to have happen.
     
    Good point, I'm sure it will be just fine. On an unrelated subject, Daeley, just out of curiosity, how is that spastic colon of yours doing?

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  7. Re:Well, the question is ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, you restore backups from originals!

  8. Re:encrypted by neonsignal · · Score: 2, Funny

    This must be some new meaning of the word encrypted that I was previously unaware of.