Stolen disc with Irish blood donors' info is encrypted

A disc containing the personal files of more than 170,000 Irish blood donors has been stolen in New York.

Stolen disc with Irish blood donors' info is encrypted
Wed, 20 Feb, 2008 - 07:20

A disc containing the personal files of more than 170,000 Irish blood donors has been stolen in New York.

The encrypted disc was given to the New York Blood Centre last December as part of a software upgrading programme for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.

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