UK: Medical Records of Gordon Brown and Alex Salmond 'Hacked'

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via The Sunday Mail.

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A hacker attack on the health records of Gordon Brown and Alex Salmond has
sparked a huge security alert.

Confidential computer files on the Prime Minister and Holyrood's First
Minister were illegally targeted along with the records of scores of other
high-profile Scots.

We can reveal former Labour leader Jack McConnell and his culture chief
wife Bridget have also had their sensitive files hacked.

BBC stars, including newsreader Jackie Bird, and Old Firm footballers have
also been victims.

The breach was discovered on a national database called the Emergency Care
Summary system, which holds the details of 2.5million people in Scotland.

It contains personal data such as names, ages, addresses, current
medication and any adverse reactions to prescribed medicines.

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More:
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/03/01/medical-records-o
f-gordon-brown-and-alex-salmond-hacked-78057-21162440/

- - ferg

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