Business Ethics & Coverups: September 2007 Archives

The personal information of 5,700 current and former John Hopkins Hospital patients is at risk because of the theft of a single desktop computer. The computer included the names of patients, their social security numbers, birth dates, and their medical information.

The theft occurred more than a month ago. Hospital officials waited two weeks after the theft before reporting the incident to police. Affected patients were not notified that their personal information was at risk until August 24th, almost one month after the theft.