Kaiser: Worker data breached, identity fraud reported
February 06, 2009 (Cnet)
Kaiser Permanente is notifying its 29,500 Northern California employees that their data may have been exposed in a breach, the company said on Friday. It is unknown exactly how many workers have been affected, but a handful of workers have reported identity fraud as a result of the breach, Kaiser said.
One person, who is not a Kaiser employee, was arrested after law enforcement authorities seized a computer file with Kaiser human resources-type data in that person's possession, the statement said. A Kaiser representative said Friday that police in San Ramon, Calif., notified the company in late January about the arrest of the person with the file.
The news is the latest in a string of breaches at large corporations.
Last month, payment processor Heartland Payment Systems reported a breach in its network that exposed consumer credit card data. Last year, RBS WorldPay, another payment processor, reported a breach that led to millions of dollars being withdrawn from consumer bank accounts with cloned debit cards.
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