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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/20/hospital=
_files_with_data_of_800000_are_missing/

By Martin Finucane and Kay Lazar
Globe Staff=20
The Boston Globe
July 20, 2010=20

Computer files from South Shore Hospital that contain personal=20
information for about 800,000 people may have been lost when they were=20
shipped to a contractor to be destroyed, hospital officials announced=20
yesterday.

The officials declined to identify the contractor, but said that an=20
independent information security consulting firm has determined that=20
specialized software, hardware, and technical knowledge would be=20
required to open and decipher information in the files.

They also said they had no evidence that the information in those files=20
had been improperly used by anyone.

=E2=80=9CWe are sorry for any concern we are causing anyone at this time,=
=E2=80=99=E2=80=99 said=20
Richard H. Aubut, president and chief executive offi cer of the Weymouth=20
hospital. =E2=80=9CWe are still searching for those files.=E2=80=99=E2=80=
=99

The information was on back-up files headed for destruction because they=20
were in a format the hospital said it no longer used. Based on the=20
investigation so far, the hospital said the files contained information=20
on patients, employees, physicians, volunteers, donors, and other=20
business partners associated with South Shore between Jan. 1, 1996, and=20
Jan. 6 of this year.

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