PA: Hospital laptop stolen, data may be breached

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http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20091201_Hospital_laptop_stolen__data_may_be_breached.html

A Children's Hospital of Philadelphia laptop computer containing
Social Security numbers and other personal information for 943 people
was stolen from a car outside an employee's home on Oct. 20. The
billing information on the computer was password-protected, but an
analysis found it was "possible to decode the security controls on the
laptop and gain access to the personal information."

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