2013 — Utah Department of Health: An employee of Goold Health Systems lost an…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
An employee of Goold Health Systems lost an unencrypted USB memory stick that contained the information of around 6,000 Medicaid recipients in Utah. Goold Health Systems is a contractor for the Utah Department of Health. Medicaid recipient names, Medicaid identification numbers, ages, and recent prescription drug use were on the memory stick. The memory stick was lost during travel between Salt Lake City, Denver, and Washington. The loss was confirmed on Tuesday, January 15.
Root cause
Portable device theft