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[Dataloss] Tapes with data about Hopkins' workers, patients, missing
From: lyger (lyger
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Date: Wed Feb 07 2007 - 10:27:28 CST
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http://www.wmdt.com/wires/displaystory.asp?id=58386284
The Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital are reporting
the disappearance of nine computer tapes containing personal information
about university employees and hospital patients.
Officials learned January 18th that eight tapes had not been returned as
expected by a contractor that makes backups of the data. The tapes
contained payroll information on 52-thousand past and present university
employees from all units except the Applied Physics Lab. The data included
Social Security numbers and, in some cases, bank account numbers.
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