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800,000 Doctors Warned About Stolen Personal Information

WSJ Blogs (Oct 15 2009) Healthcare , Data Breach

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Sectors: Consumer, Corporate, Government, Healthcare, Higher Ed
Primary Issues: Compliance, Data Breach, ID Theft Prevention, Medical Identity Theft
Incidents: Lastest Data Breaches, Reports

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  • Chicago Tribune

  1. 800,000 Doctors Warned About Stolen Personal Information The Blue Cross Blue and Blue Shield Association is warning about 800,000 doctors (nearly every practicing physician in the country) that a laptop containing some of their personal information was stolen, the Chicago Tribune reports. (Read Full Article)

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