Kwai Chung Hospital

KCH, Kwai Chung Hospital suffered a data breach incident after an occupational therapist at lost her personal USB flash drive in taxi.

The device was not encrypted or password protected and contained 59 KCH patients’ records and reports with patient names, age, diagnosis, admission date and brief treatment notes.and for some patients Hong Kong identity card numbers was also included.

KCH contacted all concerned patients and their families to inform them of the incident and to express apologies.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/hk-kwai-chung-hospital-reports-loss-of-personal-usb-flash-drive/

"id": "KWA2350291222",
"linkid": "kwai-chung-hospital",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "02/2011",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"