Women alerted to ID theft risk

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http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/nov/25/women-alerted-to-id-theft-risk/

More than 7,500 Hoosier women are at risk of identity theft after two
computers containing protected health information collected for the
state were stolen earlier this month.

The computers were taken from a health center in Jeffersonville, Ind.,
that contracted with the Indiana Department of Health to manage
information in the state's Breast and Cervical Cancer Program,
department spokesman Erik Deckers said.

The personal information of women, whose BCCP-participating
health-care providers are located in the lower third of the state, is
stored on the computers stolen sometime the night of Nov. 6.

[...]

Data stored on the computers may include a woman's name, address,
birthday and Social Security number as well as some medical and
billing information, Deckers said. The data is protected by two
passwords: one required to log onto the computer and one to access the
BCCP information.

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