Tuesday, March 06, 2007
--Missing Backup Tapes Hold Johns Hopkins Employee and Patient Data
--Missing Backup Tapes Hold Johns Hopkins Employee and Patient Data
(7 February 2007)
Nine computer backup tapes are missing from Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The tapes were supposed to be returned by a contractor who performs data backups. The tapes hold payroll data, including Social Security numbers (SSNs) and some bank account numbers for 52,000 current and former Johns Hopkins employees, as well as less sensitive data about 83,000 hospital patients. Officials say there is no evidence that the tapes were stolen; it is likely they were delivered to the wrong location or mistaken for trash and destroyed. The university is notifying people affected by the data security breach by letter and email.
(7 February 2007)
Nine computer backup tapes are missing from Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital. The tapes were supposed to be returned by a contractor who performs data backups. The tapes hold payroll data, including Social Security numbers (SSNs) and some bank account numbers for 52,000 current and former Johns Hopkins employees, as well as less sensitive data about 83,000 hospital patients. Officials say there is no evidence that the tapes were stolen; it is likely they were delivered to the wrong location or mistaken for trash and destroyed. The university is notifying people affected by the data security breach by letter and email.
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