Hundreds of people in Brevard County found out Thursday if their personal information was stolen.
Names, social security numbers and even personal medical information of more than 500 patients at Wuesthoff Medical Center were posted on the internet.
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Wuestoff Staff members believe their pre-registration website for patients may have been hacked into.
More – WFTV
Update of Aug. 15: Susan Jenks of Florida Today provides additional information:
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Wuestoff officials said there were six outside “hits” Tuesday and Wednesday to its live Web site, where patients registered ahead of time for surgery, lab work and other services the Rockledge-based healthcare system provides. The site was immediately shut down.
There were no physician charts or direct medical records on the site, said Lisa Crites, Wuesthoff’s associate director for media strategy, but indirect medical information could be implied, based on an upcoming treatment.
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In Wuesthoff’s case, Crites said the provider uses the same encryption technology to protect online information as banks do, but installed a new software program two weeks ago, called Google Analytics, that may have provided a portal for unauthorized entry.
Full story – Florida Today