From: Alex Joannou (alex.joannoucloakware.com)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2008 - 17:30:39 CDT

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Like a lojack for data tapes. Sounds like a great product idea.

Thanks,

Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: "Max Hozven" <mhozventealeaf.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:06
To:"David Metcalf" <dmetcalfmcraemetcalf.com>, "lyger" <lygerattrition.org>, <datalossattrition.org>
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over
        2million patients stolen

Maybe customers should put in a GPS tracking device in each of their tape boxes (or one box in each
shipment of boxes).
At least if the box isn’t stolen (and the GPS discarded/trashed/etc), they would have a chance at tracking
the location (or last tracked location) of a tape box.
 
-Max
 
 
 
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From: dataloss-bouncesattrition.org [mailto:dataloss-bouncesattrition.org] On Behalf Of David Metcalf
 Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:49 PM
 To: 'lyger'; datalossattrition.org
 Subject: Re: [Dataloss] (update): Utah hospital billing records from over 2million patients stolen
 
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-4f8e-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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