http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080815/BUSINESS/808150326/1006/NEWS01 BY SUSAN JENKS FLORIDA TODAY August 15, 2008 Hackers penetrated Wuesthoff Health System's pre-registration Web site earlier this week, gaining access to personal information on 500 patients, including names, addresses and Social Security numbers. Wuestoff officials said there were six outside "hits" Tuesday and Wednesday to its live Web site, where patients registered ahead of time for surgery, lab work and other services the Rockledge-based healthcare system provides. The site was immediately shut down. There were no physician charts or direct medical records on the site, said Lisa Crites, Wuesthoff's associate director for media strategy, but indirect medical information could be implied, based on an upcoming treatment. Phone calls to all 500 patients were made Thursday as Wuesthoff began tracking down the source or sources of the outside intrusion, which was identified late in the day. [...] __________________________________________________ Visit Defcon Pics - Defcon Memory Repository http://www.defconpics.orgReceived on Fri Aug 15 2008 - 00:04:38 PDT
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