Patients notified about UW Medicine security breach
Posted on November 30, 2013 at 4:18 PM
Updated
yesterday at 5:24 PM
The University of Washington is warning thousands of patients that their personal information may have been compromised. In early October, an employee opened an email that contained malicious malware that took control of a computer containing patient information.
The hospital says it could impact about 90,000 patient records and is sending letters to warn people about the potential security breach. Some patients are wondering why it took so long to let them know about the possible problem.
The letters say the incident happened more than a month ago, but Patricia Shiras says she didn’t receive a letter until Friday.
“The delay in letting us know is appalling, if it happened October 2nd why are we just being notified the day after Thanksgiving,” Patricia Shiras said.
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