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MN: Memorial Blood Centers Notifying Donors of Possible Data Loss
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:14:24 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071205005914&newsLang=en Memorial Blood Centers reported today that it has begun notifying blood donors of the theft of a laptop computer holding donor information. About 268,000 donor records on this laptop computer contain a donor name in combination with the donor.s social security number. The laptop computer was stolen on November 28, 2007 in downtown Minneapolis during early morning preparations for a blood drive. The theft was captured on building security cameras. The Minneapolis Police Department was notified and Memorial Blood Centers is working with law enforcement authorities to recover the laptop computer. Access to the donor information on the laptop is protected by multiple levels of passwords and requires the use of other technologies to prevent unauthorized use. The donor records do not contain medical information. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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