MidState Medical Center has begun sending letters to 93,500 patients whose personal information may have been compromised following the accidental loss of a computer hard drive, the hospital said in a letter to employees Tuesday.
Meantime, the offices of the Connecticut attorney general and the Department of Consumer Protection are demanding more details about what happened and what data may have been compromised.
The misplaced hard drive, which has not yet been recovered, contains patient’s names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers and medical record numbers, hospital spokeswoman Pamela Cretella said.
The hospital learned of the misplaced hard drive, which was lost by a Hartford Hospital employee, Feb. 15, Cretella said. The hospital conducted an investigation into the matter and began notifying patients in a letter sent today.
Cretella said the hospital has no reason to believe that any personal information found on the lost hard drive has been misused. But MidState is offering those who have been affected two years of identity protection with Debix Identity Protection Network.
