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Medical records of 1m Americans stolen by 'skilled criminal hacker'

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Community Health Center in Connecticut has begun emailing 1,060,936 patients to notify them that their medical records were stolen by a 'skilled criminal hacker' The data may included the patient's name, date of birth, address, phone number, email, diagnoses, treatment details, test results, Social Security number, and health insurance information.

CHC determined the hacker infiltrated 'its inadequately secured computer environment,' gaining access to its data files.

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