Fallout Grows From Hacking of Utah Health Database.

A data security breach of Utah's state health records was far larger than first reported, with hackers from Eastern Europe now believed to have gained access to private information of some 780,000 patients, state officials said on Monday.

The intrusion exposed the Social Security numbers of about 280,000 individuals to potential theft and compromised less sensitive personal information such as names, addresses and birth dates of an estimated 500,000 others, Utah Department of Health spokesman Tom Hudachko said.

"It's certainly worrisome," Hudachko said. "We've got a large amount of people out there whose information potentially is now in the hands of people who shouldn't have it."

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