http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=164202 By Michelle Durand Daily Journal Staff August 02, 2011 Documents containing personal information of approximately 1,500 Mills-Peninsula Health Services patients were removed from the facility over the course of a year and taken home by a mailroom employee, according to a hospital spokeswoman. The worker, who has since been terminated, took the documents between November 2009 and September 2010. The Burlingame hospital learned of the breach June 17 when a relative of the employee discovered the documents at the worker’s home and returned them to the hospital. The reason for the removal is murky. "We don't believe they've been used for anything. We believe they just sat in a box," said Margie O'Clair, vice president of communications for Mills-Peninsula Health Services. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2011, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 30-Aug 4, offering over 60 training sessions and 9 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit: http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Wed Aug 03 2011 - 02:47:56 PDT
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