KY: University of Louisville kidney patient data was available to public

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http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100602/BUSINESS/6020403/1003/University+of+Louisville+kidney+patient+data+was+available+to+public

A University of Louisville database of 708 names that included social
security numbers and dialysis details was available on the Internet
without password protection for nearly 1 ½ years, university officials
said Wednesday .

The Web site was disabled on May 17 when the university discovered the
flaw. University officials said in a statement that accessing the
database would not have been easy, and no direct links to the database
were discovered.
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