NM: Stolen laptop puts thousands of New Mexicans at risk for ID theft

[kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>]

http://newmexicoindependent.com/53957/stolen-laptop-puts-thousands-of-new-mexicans-at-risk-for-id-theft

In late March, an employee of a subcontractor for the company that
processes claims and provides dental benefits for the State’s Medicaid
program, filed a stolen car report for a vehicle whose trunk contained
an  ”unencrypted” laptop loaded with patient information. That stolen
car has prompted the New Mexico Human Services Department start
notifying nearly 10,000 users of the government’s low-income health
insurance program of a potential for ID theft.

The patient information in the laptop included name, health plan
identification number, which in some cases is the individual’s social
security number, and a provider identification number but not the name
of the provider, the agency said.

The agency sent out a message today saying that it was in the process
of notifying 9,500 New Mexicans who use its Medicaid Salud plan of a
possible security breach.
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