http://www.springhopeenterprise.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=100&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdetail=3938&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1379 By KEN MURCHISON Spring Hope Enterprise OCT 22, 2009 Many women in this area who have had mammograms are being warned by the UNC School of Medicine that their personal data and credit could be at risk because of a security breach involving the school's computer system used for a breast cancer study. Woman all across the state are receiving letters from the Carolina Mammography Registry in Chapel Hill that the security breach in 2007 may have exposed personal information they did not know had been sent to the registry. As many as 160,000 patient files from across the state may have been exposed, including 114,000 Social Security numbers. The information was part of the Carolina Mammography Registry, a 14-year-old registry that collects and analyzes mammograms submitted by radiology offices from all over the state. The registry is participating in research being funded by the National Institute of Health's National Cancer Institute. Federal regulators waived requirements for patients' consent to be included in the registry. "I felt sick when I read the letter," said Spring Hope area resident Beverly Anderson. "I did not give my permission to give my personal information to anyone." [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.orgReceived on Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:10:22 PDT
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