This From: AP via KUTV.com (Utah), June 10, 2008
http://www.kutv.com
Utah hospital billing records from over 2 million patients stolen
http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=76de0817-3ffe-4f8e-9764-506795954fa1
The theft of 2 million patient billing records from the University of
Utah Hospitals and Clinics almost certainly includes
some of my records and possibly some of yours – it affects U of U
patients over the past 16 years. Social Security Numbers were included
on at least some of the records, which were being sent to an outside
storage facility . It’s not clear if and how the data will be misused,
but it sounds as though many of us may receive a letter under Utah’s
personal information security breach notice law.
We’ll have to watch how this incident develops, but it would be prudent
to check your credit report and watch for signs that someone has
misappropriated your identity to open accounts, take out loans, or get a
job.
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