Stanford Medical Records Appear Online In Information Breach
The names and medical information of some patients seen at Stanford Hospital and Clinics were posted to a website by an outside vendor's sub-contractor, a hospital spokesman said Thursday.
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The names and medical information of some patients seen at Stanford Hospital and Clinics were posted to a website by an outside vendor's sub-contractor, a hospital spokesman said Thursday.
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