20K Patients’ Health Data Exposed Online

Confidential medical records of some 20,000 patients at a top hospital were posted online where anyone could see them—for almost a year. Somehow, data for Stanford Hospital’s ER patients moved from the hands of a billing contractor onto a Web site devoted to schoolwork help. The information was…

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20K Patients’ Health Data Exposed Online

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