The Multnomah County Overall health Division started notifying more than two,000 sufferers Friday that a month-old safety breach may perhaps have place their private data at danger.

An individual broke into the Gladys McCoy Overall health Division headquarters in Old Town on the evening of Feb. 17 and the county notified police on Feb. 21 immediately after discovering the burglary, county officials mentioned.

The suspect entered rooms in the McCoy creating that contained paper records listing names, Social Safety numbers, addresses and get in touch with data of sufferers who get care in Multnomah County, according to the county.

The burglar also may perhaps have accessed employee economic and private documents, investigators mentioned. The county reported numerous stolen products, such as a laptop and client cellphones.

Investigators are not confident if the burglar viewed or removed private files, but the county is identifying sufferers who had been potentially impacted, officials mentioned in a news release. They should really get letter notifications by subsequent week.

A county spokesperson mentioned officials do not think records from the Multnomah County STD Clinic, Tuberculosis Clinic or the Student Overall health Centers – all stationed in the headquarters – had been impacted, and no other consumers of other Multnomah County departments had been involved.

In light of the breach, the county’s safety group did extra coaching on how to sweep the creating for trespassers and when to notify authorities, officials mentioned.

Impacted consumers and staff can get in touch with a hotline at 1-800-939-4170 to ask queries or access no cost identity protection solutions.

Portland police arrested 39-year-old Ruben Turner on Wednesday for allegedly breaking into the offices, a Police Bureau spokesperson mentioned. He is accused of two counts of second-degree burglary.

–Lisa Moreno lmoreno@oregonian.com