[Dataloss] Medicaid Computers stolen from Texas City Tx

[Henry Brown]

>From the Galveston County Daily News
http://tinyurl.com/2owkkl

TEXAS CITY — Sensitive information that could be used to steal
Medicaid clients' identity may have been stored on two computers
stolen during a burglary, officials said Friday.

Texas City police were called to investigate an overnight burglary
Wednesday morning at the Texas Department of Health and Human Services
at 714 Loop 197 N.
[...]

Stephanie Goodman, a spokeswoman with Texas Health and Human Services,
said the computers could have contained personal information only on
e-mails.

The e-mails, however, would normally contain only an individual's case
number, she said. It is unlikely those e-mails would have listed
Social Security numbers, she said.

"I can't say 100 percent that it wouldn't be on e-mails, but that
would be the only way to have access to anything," Goodman said.

The state isn't likely to alert Medicaid clients about the incident,
Goodman said.

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