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Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 00:18:37 CDT

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http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/17/1m17hacker221630-hotline-ucsd-patients-swamped/?technology&zIndex=133482

By David Hasemyer
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
July 17, 2009

LA JOLLA — The hotline established by UCSD's Moores Cancer Center after
a hacker breached the center's computers and gained access to
patients'personal information has been swamped with hundreds of calls
from worried patients.

Their primary concern has been whether their Social Security numbers
were among the information stolen by whomever obtained the electronic
files of 30,000 patients, according to DeAnn Marshall, UCSD Health
Sciences chief of marketing and communications officer.

She said hospital officials have determined that just 36 of the files
contained Social Security numbers.

A letter was sent to all of the patients earlier this month telling them
that the center's computer network was “illegally accessed” twice by
overseas hackers and that some personal information may have been
stolen.

The Internet assault on the hospital's computer records has sparked an
investigation to determine the identity of the hackers and prompted
hospital officials to begin a review of security measures to find any
weakness and, if necessary, take additional precautions, Marshall said.

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