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Health Data Breaches Involving Unencrypted Devices Reported

The New York City Fire Department and Renown Health each reported recent breaches involving unencrypted devices. Despite the decline of major health data breaches, recent incidents serve as a reminder that these devices still can pose risks to patient data. The FDNY says its notifying nearly 10,300 patients who were treated and/or transported by the departments emergency medical services from 2011 to 2018 of the loss of a personal unencrypted external hard drive last March. About 3,000 patients whose Social Security numbers may have been compromised as a result of the incident are offered credit monitoring.”]

Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/health-data-breaches-involving-unencrypted-devices-reported-a-12912

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