Lost KPMG flash drive affects 3,600+ patients

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Date Reported:

9/13/10

Organization:

Saint Barnabas Health Care System

Contractor/Consultant/Branch:

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

KPMG LLP

Location:

Undisclosed

Victims:

Patients

Number Affected:

3,630

Types of Data:

“patient names and information about their care”

Breach Description:

“KPMG LLP (KPMG), an independent accounting firm that provides professional services to the Saint Barnabas Health Care System and its affiliated hospitals, has informed us that a KPMG employee lost an unencrypted flash drive.”