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Email Containing Malware Causes Massive Data Breach

Saturday, Dec 07 2013
The Buzz
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Patients of the University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center and the Washington Medical Center recently received notification of a data breach. So reports Healthcare IT News.

The breach occurred in October, but patients were first notified in November. Personal data from about 90,000 patients was compromised when a UW worker opened an email that contained malware.

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