Computer Virus Shuts Down Georgia Hospital

Malware in a Georgia hospital’s computer system forced it to turn away patients, highlighting the problems and vulnerabilities of computerized systems. The computer infection started to cause problems at the Gwinnett Medical Center last Wednesday and continued to spread, until the hospital was forced to send all non-emergency admissions to…

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Stanford Hospital leaks 20,000 patient records

Over 20,000 records of patients who visited the emergency room at Stanford Hospital in 2009 were posted on the internet for over a year it was disclosed today. The leaked information included names, diagnosis codes, account numbers, admission and discharge dates, and billing charges according to the New York Times….

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