GA: Insurance records of 71, 000 Ga. families made public

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/04/08/breach_0409.html

Private records of up to 71,000 Georgia families who are members of health 
insurance programs for the poor or working poor were accidentally made 
available on the Internet for several days, and some of the data may have 
been viewed by unauthorized people, Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans Inc. 
said today.

Affected families are members of WellCare of Georgia, which is part of 
WellCare Health Plans, said WellCare spokeswoman Amy Knapp.

She said a human error allowed the information to be accessible for an 
unknown period of time, but that the secret data was removed from the 
Internet on April 2. It was not immediately known when the data breach 
occurred or how long the secret data was available.

The state of Georgia said it was notified March 31.

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