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Medicaid Hacked: Over 181,000 Records and 25,000 SSNs Stolen
An anonymous reader writes "The Utah Department of Health has been hacked. 181,604 Medicaid and CHIP recipients have had their personal information stolen. 25,096 had their Social Security numbers (SSNs) compromised. The agency is cooperating with law enforcement in a criminal investigation. The hackers, who are believed to be located in Eastern Europe, breached the server in question on March 30, 2012."
It's too hard. I give up! What's the answer?
The cynic in me says the hackers will be held responsible.
Seconded.
FTFA adjusted with a link
Director Michael Hales said in a statement. “But we also hope they understand we are doing everything we can to protect them from further harm.”
Questions raise, answers kill. Raise questions to stay alive.
"Well Medicare and Medicaid are operated by each state, and a lot of states in essence sold them off to an Insurance companies to do all the work."
But private business always does things better than government agencies. The Republicans told me so!
To be fair, he said they are compliment.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.