State computer with confidential medical data put up for sale. A state computer put up for sale as surplus contained confidential files naming thousands of people with AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, the state auditor said Thursday. “THIS IS SIGNIFICANT DATA. It’s a lot of information with lots of names and things like (the numbers of) sexual partners of those who are diagnosed with AIDS,” Auditor Ed Hatchett said. “It’s a terrible security breach.” The computer, which had been awaiting sale at the state’s surplus-property office, never left state custody, Hatchett said. Full Story
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