Kevin Dougherty reports:
U.S. Army medical officials in southeast Germany waited nearly two months before notifying more than 6,000 beneficiaries of a possible security breach regarding their personal information stored on a lost laptop computer.
Authorities know the names, Social Security numbers and health information of at least 26 individuals were stored on the laptop, according to a news release sent Monday from the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Bavaria.
However, officials said similar information on approximately 6,000 other patients also may have been on the missing computer, though they don’t know for sure.
According to the release, the laptop went missing on Oct. 4.
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