Hacker puts 71,000 at risk
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, March 26, 2007
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Seventy-one thousand healthcare employees are at risk of identity theft after a hacker in January accessed personal information in an Indiana database, reports the Chicago Tribune. The state government discovered the breach during a security audit.
The U.S. Department of Justice is close to making an arrest in the case, according to state officials. Indiana held the sensitive information in a database to assist healthcare workers in checking credentials. Indiana officials told the Chicago Tribune that they have fixed the security vulnerabilities leading to the breach.
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