A computer with the data of over four million patient ingredients has been recently stolen at a healthcare facility in the United States. Almost a million people went to medical data, the foundation has this week published.
On the computer were the unencrypted data of over four million people, let the Sutter Medical Foundation know. In the database were under more phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Also contained the computer the name of the insurance policy of the patients.
Of 3.3 million patients are only the data lost by the theft. At 943.000 people went in addition to stated diagnoses and treatment methods. The patients be by e-mail about the theft informed. The foundation makes not too much is known, because the thieves, the e-mail addresses of the victims.
The Sutter Medical Foundation says regret the theft. The data on the computers be in the future, encrypted, promises to be the foundation. Also recommends that the foundation for patients to suspicious situations to report. How the burglary could have happened, is still unclear.