Stolen Yale School of Medicine laptop held patient data
The Yale School of Medicine has begun notifying approximately 1,000 people whose clinical health information was contained on a laptop computer stolen last month from the office of a data analyst.
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (New Haven Register) August 19, 2010 -- The Yale School of Medicine has begun notifying approximately 1,000 people whose clinical health information was contained on a laptop computer stolen last month.
There is no indication that any individual information on the computer has been misused.
The Yale and New Haven Police departments have been working together and will continue to pursue any leads, officials said.
The computer was stolen the night of July 28 and was reported missing the next morning. No Social Security, financial or insurance numbers were contained in the computer's files, Yale said in a statement.
The computer was owned by Yale and stolen from the office of a data analyst at the Yale School of Medicine. While access to the stolen laptop was protected by a password, the laptop was not encrypted.
Link: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/08/19/news/new_haven/aa1_new_haven_stolen_computer081910.txt
Source: DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
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