Iowa Department of Human Services Data Breach (2013)

Former patients of the Mental health Institute in Independence and state employees may have had their confidential information exposed. A backup tape was found to have been missing as of April 30. Officials of Iowa Department of Human Services believe the tape was accidentally discarded or destroyed. UPDATE (06/27/2013): The tape contained the information of 7,300 patients and 700 employees. Only patients who were admitted after June of 2010 were affected.