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Re: CA: Kaiser warns nearly 30, 000 employees of data breach
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:52:53 -0600
a follow-up with more information http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11804740 [...] A security breach involving personal data for 29,500 Kaiser Permanente workers in Northern California reportedly occurred in the offices of an employee union. Law enforcement detectives have determined the information was taken from the offices of United Healthcare Workers-West in July 2007, Kaiser said in a written statement. The stolen data included names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers for Kaiser employees. "Kaiser Permanente provided the information to the union in connection with remittance of dues payments, a legitimate activity that Kaiser Permanente employees voluntarily authorized," Kaiser said. [...] The theft came to light after the arrest of San Ramon resident Mia Garza, 28, on Dec. 23 on suspicion of possession of stolen property and forgery. In a confiscated computer, San Ramon police later found a file with the Kaiser employee data. Garza was not a Kaiser employee and it is not clear how she obtained the information. No Kaiser-member health data has been compromised. [...] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Dataloss] CA: Kaiser warns nearly 30, 000 employees of data breach From: lyger <lyger () attrition org> To: dataloss () datalossdb org Date: 2/6/2009 4:15 PM
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11646163?nclick_check=1 Kaiser Permanente is notifying nearly 30,000 Northern California employees that a security breach may have led to the release of their personal information. Some employees have reported identity thefts resulting from the breach, Kaiser reported. A law enforcement agency seized a computer file with Kaiser data from a person who was subsequently arrested. The suspect was not a Kaiser
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