 Data Breaches Affecting Wisconsin Citizens
Data Breaches - February 2007
Date Public Notified |
Date of Breach |
Company |
Data Stolen |
February 10, 2007 |
January 22, 2007 |
Department of Veteran Affairs |
Diagnostic codes, name, address and SSN# |
Who’s affected |
Details |
Approximately 535,000 individuals with VA-related information and information on approximately 1.3 million non-VA physicians. |
A VA employee reported a government owned, portable hard drive missing. Data files contained sensitive information for both living and deceased individuals. The employee has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation. Individuals affected will be notified within the next week and will be offered free credit report monitoring for one year. |
Date Public Notified |
Date of Breach |
Company |
Data Stolen |
Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 |
State of Wisconsin Legislative Human Resources Office |
Name, address and social security # |
Who’s affected |
Details |
Approximately 100 individuals (including Assembly members and Aides). |
Assembly members and Aides have been affected by a data breach of personal information. The information was contained in a report that was stolen from a human resource employee's car. |
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