Patients of Northeast Orthopaedics Have Their Personal Information Exposed

Patients of Northeast Orthopaedics, a surgical practice in Albany, New York, have found theirs, and others’, personal information posted on a website.

The website showed names, birth dates, and social security numbers of former and current patients of the facility.

Upon further research, it appears as though the company that transcribes the medical data had a security leak, and the information was inadvertantly posted online and indexed by Google’s search software. This data is always archived through Google, and so patients are hopeful that the data will be removed entirely from Google, leaving the data deleted and unreachable by the public.

At this time, officials are not aware of this information being used for identity theft, but it is a definite possibility. They are unsure the number of patient’s whose information was available online. Patients should contact them to see if their information was exposed and if so obtain identity theft protection immediately.