Stolen Spartanburg Regional Computer Contains 400k Patient Records
Spartanburg Regional, a South Carolina healthcare system, has been notifying 400,000 of current and former patients that their personal information was compromised when one of the organization's computers was stolen.
According to the healthcare provider, the theft occurred on March 29, 2011, when a desktop computer was stolen from an employee's car overnight. "The employee was authorized to have possession of the computer. We have reported this to the proper authorities and an investigation is ongoing," Spartanburg Regional said.
The computer contained 400,000 patient records that included real names, addresses, dates of birth and medical billing codes. Spartanburg doesn't mention if the computer was password protected or if the data was encrypted.
