Anyone in Health Net?
--Lost Hard Drive Holds Seven Years of Health Net Patient Data (November 19, 2009) A hard drive containing personal and medical information of 1.5 million Health Net customers was lost in May, but the loss was not disclosed
until earlier this week. The drive contains unencrypted Social
Security numbers and medical information dating back to 2002; the breach affects customers in Arizona, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.
Connecticut Attorney general Richard Blumenthal is investigating why the company waited six months to disclose the device's loss. Health Net, which is based in California, is also investigating the incident. The company will send out breach notification letters to affected customers the week of November 30.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/healthnet
http://www.courant.com/health/hc-healthbreach1119.artnov19,0,1798384.story
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1374839,00.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141172/Health_Net_says_1.5M_medical_records_lost_in_data_breach?source=rss_security
http://healthnet.tekgroup.com/press_kits.cfm?presskit_id=13
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