From: David Metcalf (dmetcalfmcraemetcalf.com)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2008 - 16:48:39 CDT

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I cannot believe that they are only offering a $1,000 reward for return of
the tapes "no questions asked."

http://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/current/billing_theft.html

The website of the security company that lost the tapes is also interesting.
It shows impressive pictures of their storage vault which was "designed to
be an impregnable fortress" and can even withstand a nuclear blast.
Unfortunately, the employee never made it that far.

http://www.perpetualstorage.com/index_home.htm

Another example of human error overcoming the most rugged technological
precautions. Or as Mom used to say, "No system is fool proof."

David

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From: dataloss-bouncesattrition.org [mailto:dataloss-bouncesattrition.org]
On Behalf Of lyger
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:07 PM
To: datalossattrition.org
Subject: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over 2
million patients stolen

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=76de0817-3ffe-4
f8e-9764-506795954fa1

Billing records of 2.2 million patients at the University of Utah

Hospitals and Clinics were stolen from a vehicle after a courier failed to

immediately take them to a storage center, authorities said Tuesday.

The records, described only as backup information tapes, contained Social

Security numbers of 1.3 million people treated at the university over the

last 16 years, said Lorris Betz, senior vice president for health

sciences.

Betz said people would be notified by a letter at a cost of $500,000 just

for stamps and envelopes. The hospital also pledged free credit

monitoring.

[...]

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