Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Fraud Alert-Health Workers of Indiana

Courier-Journal reports a hacker was able to access the social security numbers of some health care workers.

An audit of a state government Web site database after someone hacked into the system found that personal information including Social Security numbers for 71,000 health-care workers had been accessed, officials said yesterday.


The breach occurred about two months ago, during the theft of some credit card information.
The breach occurred Jan. 3 at the same time that the hacker accessed credit-card information of about 5,600 people and businesses
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Folks received letters in the mail informing them of the breach. Hat tip to Indiana law blog

I sure hope Attorney General Carter is checking up on these website sponsored and supported by local government. The damage a hacker can do.

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