1.3M health department records possibly hacked in Montana

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/24/state-to-notify-13-million-of-computer-hacking/

By Lisa Baumann
Associated Press
June 24, 2014

HELENA, Mont. -- Montana officials said Tuesday they are notifying 1.3 
million people that their personal information could have been accessed by 
hackers who broke into a state health department computer server.

The letters are going to people whose information and records were on the 
server. There’s no evidence so far that any information was stolen, 
officials said Tuesday.

“There is no information, no indication, that the hackers really accessed 
any of this information or used it inappropriately,” said Richard Opper, 
director of the state Department of Public Health and Human Services. “We 
are erring on the side of displaying an overabundance of caution.”

The state is offering free credit monitoring and identity-fraud insurance 
for a year to all 1.3 million people. A toll-free help line has fielded 
about 170 calls since the incident was announced a few weeks ago. None of 
those callers have reported identity theft or compromised bank accounts as 
a result of the hacking, Opper said.

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