Firm says it outsourced lost South Shore Hospital data
By Associated Press
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 -
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 -
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ShareWEYMOUTH — A company that was hired by South Shore Hospital to destroy 800,000 obsolete computer records says the files were lost after the work was outsourced to a second firm.
The hospital announced the data breach earlier this month, saying the material could contain Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information of patients, employees and others. But officials said there was no evidence that the missing material had fallen into the wrong hands.
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