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[Dataloss] Data theft touches 150,000 Massachusetts seniors

From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2007 - 18:58:01 CST


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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