2014 — Actor broke into victim office and stole 8 laptops…
Data compromised
Medical
Technical writeup
Actor broke into victim office and stole 8 laptops which contained unencrypted medical data that the victim was processing for several partner organizations
Root cause
Physical/Theft: Theft
References
- http://www.4medapproved.com/hitsecurity/l-business-associate-causes-hipaa-breach-165000-health-records/ (20140611)
- http://www.phiprivacy.net/update-sutherland-healthcare-solutions-breach-affected-over-220000-patients-and-counting/ (20140611)
- http://www.phiprivacy.net/sutherland-healthcare-identifies-additional-patients-to-notify-of-breach/ (20140611)
- http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/06/local/la-me-patient-data-stolen-20140307 (20140611)