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<DIV>Thousands of Health Net employees in Connecticut and other states have been
notified that their names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop computer
that was stolen more than a month ago from a company vendor.<BR><BR>There have
been no reports of identity theft as a result of the incident, said David Olson,
a Health Net spokesman. He wouldn't name the vendor or say where the laptop was
stolen, other than it wasn't in the Northeast.<BR><BR>The laptop had information
on about 5,000 employees companywide and an undisclosed number of health-care
providers outside the Northeast. There was no medical information about them on
the computer, Olson said.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Health Net retained Kroll Inc. to provide free credit monitoring for one
year, and help in restoring good credit in case of identity theft, to employees
and providers who sign up for it. About a month ago, Health Net started telling
employees in a letter that police were investigating the laptop theft and had
"not found any evidence that the data has been accessed or misused."<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Michael Hill <BR>Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist<BR>IDT
Consultants<BR>404-216-3751</DIV>
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