http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220626/Stanford_Hospital_blames_contractor_for_data_breach By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld October 6, 2011 Stanford Hospital & Clinics this week blamed a third party billing contractor for a data breach that exposed the personal data of some 20,000 patients. Stanford release a statement blaming the contractor just a week after it was hit with a $20 million lawsuit related to the breach, which the Palo Alto, Calif. health care provider disclosed in September. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Sept. 28 by one of the affected patients, Shana Springer, who is seeking $1,000 per compromise record, or $20 million. Stanford last month disclosed that a spreadsheet being handled by a third party billing contractor, Multi Specialties Collection Services (MSCS), was somehow posted on Student of Fortune, a website that lets students solicit homework help for a fee. [...] _____________________________________________________________ FINAL CALL to register #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Fri Oct 07 2011 - 00:35:34 PDT
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