BCBS of Tenn, 57 hard drives

[Chris Walsh <chris () cwalsh org>]

Associated Press - January 10, 2010 12:45 PM ET

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will start  
contacting customers this week whose personal information was exposed  
when hard drives were stolen from the state's largest health insurer.

The insurer has been analyzing the security breach since 57 hard  
drives were stolen in October from a storage closet at the Eastgate  
Town Center training center.

Company spokeswoman Mary Thompson told the Chattanooga Times Free  
Press that letters are being mailed in batches starting this week as  
the data is being combed over and the breaches are discovered.

Chattanooga-based insurer has 3.1 million customers, but the company  
has not released a total estimate of how many were affected.

Via http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11797704

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