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HealthNow data goes missing as laptop vanishes
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:21 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/296415.html By Jonathan Epstein The Buffalo News 03/11/08HealthNow New York has alerted 40,000 members in Western and Northeastern New York that they may be at risk for identity theft, after a former employee’s laptop computer went missing with confidential information several months ago.
The Buffalo-based parent of Blue- Cross BlueShield of Western New York sent letters late last week to the affected customers, even though officials are still not certain what, if anything, was on the computer.
Based on the company’s investigation, the potential information includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, employer group names, and health insurance identifier numbers. However, there was no health or medical claims information involved, spokeswoman Karen Merkel-Liberatore said late Monday.
HealthNow has arranged for any affected member to receive a one-year free membership in Equifax Credit Watch, to monitor for identity theft. But the company has no plans to re-assign new health insurance identification numbers en masse, though it will do so at the request of any individual members, Merkel-Liberatore said.
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