"According to a report in a British tabloid newspaper, the sensitive records of 200 patients suffering from psychological disorders have been found on a portable USB thumb drive found in the road.
The data, which originated from Richardson Hospital in County Durham, details not only the patientsÂ’ names, dates of birth, addresses and National Insurance numbers, but also contains highly confidential notes detailing their history of drug addiction, self-harm, sexual abuse and suicide attempts. A member of the public is said to have found the memory stick in the street. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust admitted that there had been a serious breach of security, and blamed a computer technician for taking records out of the hospital." ---clip-- More at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2008/09/16/lost-memory-stick-contained-confidential-patient-records/ In the UK, what a surprise... Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
