[Sophos]State of Alaska fined $1.7 million for lax security protecting health records

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State of Alaska fined $1.7 million for lax security protecting health records

The State of Alaska has been fined $1.7 million after losing a hard disk that may have contained electronic health records. The investigation by HHS into the loss led them to discover systememic security problems within the state. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nakedsecurity.sophos.com&blog=15254721&post=173999&subd=sophosnews&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SmJmgdF9M5M" height="1" width="1"/>
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