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6,000 Roper St. Francis patients’ info possibly breached in compromised email incident

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Dissent

Tony Fortier-Bensen reports:

Roper St. Francis Hospital officials said on Thursday that 6,000 patients were affected by an incident where a employee’s email was accessed by someone without authorization and they gained access to personal medical records and information.

The incident occurred between June 13 and June 17, but Roper St. Francis officials didn’t learn about it until July 8.

Read more on ABC4.


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