Data theft touches 150,000 Massachusetts seniors

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/30/Data-theft-touches-Massachusetts-seniors_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/11/30/Data-theft-touches-Massachusetts-seniors_1.html

The state of Massachusetts is warning 150,000 members of its Prescription 
Advantage insurance program that their personal information may have been 
snatched by an identity thief.

Local authorities arrested a lone identity thief in August who had been 
using information taken from the program in an attempted identity theft 
scheme, said Alison Goodwin, a spokeswoman for the state's Executive 
Office of Health and Human Services.

Goodwin could not add many details on the nature of the breach, citing an 
ongoing criminal investigation, but she said Prescription Advantage is 
conducting an internal review of the incident to determine if additional 
security measures might be required.

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