[Dataloss] Web site breach of The Dental Network exposes patients? information

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via Personal Health Information Privacy.

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A security breach of The Dental Network web site left access to member
personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, address(es) and
dates of birth unprotected for approximately two weeks. According to a
letter dated March 10th to the New Hampshire Department of Justice, TDN
discovered the breach on February 20th.

The Dental Network is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Association.

TDN retained Identity Safeguards, who notified those affected and is
providing one year of free credit monitoring and free credit restoration
services should they be needed. The company also set up a web site at
http://ids.thedentalnet.org/ According to the FAQ on the site, TDN secured
members’ data within minutes of detecting the problem.

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More:
http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=114

- - ferg

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