A cyber attack on a Utah Department of Technology Services computer server that stores Medicaid claims data now appears to have affected far more recipients

Posted: 2012/04/09 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports
In addition to Medicaid clients, the breach also involved information from Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) recipients.
As part of its on-going investigation into the attack, DTS today reported to the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) that approximately 181,604 Medicaid and CHIP recipients had their personal information removed from the server. Of those individuals, 25,096 appear to have had their Social Security numbers compromised.
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