Palm Beach County Accidentally E-mails Confidential Patient List
A Palm Beach County, Fla., health department employee accidentally attached to an e-mail a confidential file containing the names and addresses of 4,500 county AIDS patients and 2,000 others who had tested positive for HIV. The e-mail was sent to 800 county employees.
AIDS Patient List Accidentally Emailed, Associated Press, February 20, 2005.