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St. Elizabeth’s tells of data breach

Billing information possibly compromised

By Robert Weisman

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 06, 2012

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center said Friday it is notifying 6,831 patients that their billing information, including credit card numbers and security codes, may have been compromised when documents the hospital planned to shred were removed by a vendor from a building scheduled for demolition. The papers did not include personal medical information and so far, there have been no reports that any of the billing data contained in the documents has been misused, according to hospital officials.

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