A hard drive containing information on 16,288 UCLA Health System patients was stolen on Sept. 6, according to a health system news release.
The Los Angeles-based system notified affected patients that the external computer hard drive was stolen from a former employee's home and contained information from approximately July 2007-July 2011. The data included patients' names and possibly their dates of birth, medical record numbers, addresses and medical record information. No Social Security numbers, financial information or complete medical records were stored on the device.
While the information was encrypted, the password that can unscramble the information was on a piece of paper near the hard drive and cannot be found. There is no evidence, however, that the information has been accessed or misused.
The former employee owned the hard drive and maintained the information to perform "necessary UCLA job duties," according to the release. He left UCLA in July 2011.
UCLA Health System is offering identity theft consultation and restoration services through the company Kroll.
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The Los Angeles-based system notified affected patients that the external computer hard drive was stolen from a former employee's home and contained information from approximately July 2007-July 2011. The data included patients' names and possibly their dates of birth, medical record numbers, addresses and medical record information. No Social Security numbers, financial information or complete medical records were stored on the device.
While the information was encrypted, the password that can unscramble the information was on a piece of paper near the hard drive and cannot be found. There is no evidence, however, that the information has been accessed or misused.
The former employee owned the hard drive and maintained the information to perform "necessary UCLA job duties," according to the release. He left UCLA in July 2011.
UCLA Health System is offering identity theft consultation and restoration services through the company Kroll.
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