Hacker accesses Social Security numbers of 71,000 Indiana health care workers
The personal information - including Social Security numbers - of 71,000 Indiana state health care workers were accessed by a hacker in January.
The attacker accessed the data, as well as the credit card information of 5,600 individuals and businesses.
Notification letters have been sent to certified nurse?s aides, medication aides and home health aides, warning them to review credit reports for misuse.
Chris Cotterill, the director of IN.gov, the official state website, said Indiana officials hired Cybertrust to conduct an audit, and the security issues have been fixed.
Cotteril told SCMagazine.com today that state officials have meet with the Department of Justice, Indiana State Police, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service about the breach.
