The Army Investigates Breach Exposing 1,000 to Identity Theft
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center has just released information on a security breach exposing about 1,000 patients of both Walter Reed and other military hospitals to identity theft. The incident has raised great concerns, thus the Army is currently investigating the incident.
According to Associated Press, the exposed private records contained names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and other personal details. However, the compromised computer file did not include medical records, or the diagnosis or prognosis for patients, hospital representatives quoted by AP said.
The disclosure marked the latest in a series of breaches of government computer records.
Walter Reed officials declined to explain exactly how the information was compromised, pending an ongoing investigation by the hospital and the Army. They would only say that the computer file was found on a “non-government, non-secure computer network.”
