-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 01/02/03 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 09:44:06 -0600 From: "NIPC Watch" <nipc.watch@private> To: "Information Technology" <information_technology@private> December 31, Stars and Stripes - Files stolen from military health contractor. Enrollment and claim files of 550,000 Tricare beneficiaries across the sixteen-state Central Region of the military's managed-care network were stolen on December 14. Missing are computer hard drives with names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, claims data and other information on every service member, family member and retiree enrolled in Tricare through TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corporation, a managed-care support contractor based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Central Region comprises Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and western Texas. The threat of financial mischief through credit card applications, access to e-mail, rerouting government checks and false identifications is clear. But the stolen data also would seem to create risks to national security and to personal safety, in light of the war on terror. The total impact of the theft is still being assessed and the case is being investigated by the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Source. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=11756&archive=true _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv http://listserv.infragard.org/mailman/listinfo/information_technology
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