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SUMMARY
| 232 hard drives containing patient information that were being decommissioned were stolen from a locked store at the hospital; some wound up for sale on eBay | |
| Records | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Record Types | NAA MED |
| Breach Type | Stolen Drive |
| Data Family | Electronic |
| Source | Outside |
| Organization | Brighton General Hospital |
| Other Affected/Involved Organizations | Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust , Sussex Health Informatics Service |
| Lawsuit? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Data Recovered? | YES |
| Arrest? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Submitted By: | Dissent |
TIMELINE
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| None. Add Data | Incident Occurred |
| 2010-12-01 | Incident Discovered By Organization |
| 2012-01-10 | Organization Reports Incident |
| None. Add Data | Organization Mails Notifications |
| None. Add Data | Records Recovered |
| None. Add Data | Lawsuit Filed |
| None. Add Data | Arrest Made |
SIMILAR INCIDENTS
| records | date | organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2006-04-16 | Fraser Health Authority, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority |
| 0 | 2010-06-03 | Safe Harbor Med Evaluations |
| 0 | 2007-01-03 | Deborah Baceski, M.D. |
| 0 | 2011-10-13 | Spectrum Health Services Inc. |
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MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION
Address: Elm Grove, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex BN2, UK
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Breach Types:
- Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
- Disposal Mobile | Email | Fax | Fraud Se
- Hack | Lost Computer | Lost Document | Lost Drive
- Lost Laptop | Lost Media | Lost Mobile | Lost Tape
- Missing Document | Missing Laptop | Missing Media | Snail Mail
- Stolen Computer | Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop
- Stolen Media | Stolen Mobile | Stolen Tape | Unknown
- Virus | Web |
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