Data Breach at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess May Impact More Than 2K Patients

Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center announced that one of its computer service vendors failed to restore security settings on a computer, which later was found to have a virus and transmitted data files of 2,021 patients to an unknown location, according to a Boston Globe report.

The computer contained names, genders, birthdates, medical record numbers and names and dates of radiology procedures, but it did not include financial data or Social Security numbers, the report said.

John Halamka, BIDMC's chief information officer, said the virus transmitted encrypted information and is not sure what information was leaked, but the hospital wanted to inform all patients as a precaution, the report said.

Read the Boston Globe report on the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center data breach.

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