Security News > 2011 > March > Computer files lost at Maryville
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/local/chibrknews-computer-files-lost-at-maryville-20110325,0,783981.story Chicago Breaking News Staff report March 25, 2011 A Des Plaines-based social service agency that serves abused children announced today that computer files containing personal and medical information on almost 4,000 children who lived at agency facilities dating back to 1992 are missing. Maryville Academy, which last year worked with about 1,600 children in residential, shelter and hospital programs, lost three files with information on about 3,900 people, the agency said in an email this afternoon. The files were either stolen or misplaced. The files were in a locked storage room in Maryvilleâs facility in Des Plaines. The agency is investigating how they may have disappeared, Sister Catherine F. Ryan, Maryvilleâs executive director, said in the statement. Data in the files may include birth dates, relativesâ names, Social Security numbers, medical treatment and other information. [...]