The Millennium Bug resulted in more than 150 pregnant women being given incorrect results of a Down's Syndrome test.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1541557.stm
Computer specialists yesterday said that the system blamed for this week's crisis at the London Ambulance Service appeared to ignore basic tenets for software where breakdown would put lives at risk. The failure of the computer system over 36 hours on Monday and Tuesday, which was said to have cost between 10 and 20 lives, raised serious questions about the way it was designed and tested, experts said. The Independent's follow-up today (30 Oct. 1992)
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VA Toughens Security After PC Disposal Blunders
August 26, 2002
Federal Computer Week reports the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is tightening its policy on the disposal of old computers following disclosures that 139 computers containing sensitive personal information about veterans, including their medical records, were given away. Although the VA has had security rules since 1997 on purging sensitive data before disposing of old computers, the policy was breached by the Indianapolis VA Medical Center. The facility failed to erase personal information before giving away the computers to educational institutions, the state of Indiana or private individuals. A local TV news team's investigation found patient records on the used computers bought for $10 each at a thrift store.
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