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2012 — Hewlett Packard: An employee responded to a telephone computer…

2012 1.1K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

An employee responded to a telephone computer phishing scam.  The person was employed by a subcontractor of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services (HP ES) named Carewise Health.  Unauthorized users were able to remotely access a database of Medicaid client information as a result of the phishing attempt.  Eventually HP ES and Carewise Health were able to disable the laptop and notify the Cabinet for Health and Family Services of the breach.UPDATE (01/02/2013): The employee revealed information to t

Root cause

Hacking

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