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SUMMARY

Health information of members exposed over internet for period of time
Records	277,000
Record Types	SSN NAA MISC MED
Breach Type	Web
Data Family	Electronic
Source	Inside - Accidental
Organization	UniCare
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	WellPoint
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
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2008-04-02	Organization Reports Incident
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2008-04-04	Organization Mails Notifications
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records	date	organizations
470,000	2010-06-23	Unknown Organization, WellPoint, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

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Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$16,620,000.00

Note that these estimates are based on the Ponemon Institute's 2009 direct costs figures from their 2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach. We multiply $60.00 by the number of records to obtain this figure. Keep in mind that depending on the breach, the direct costs are not always suffered by the breached organizations. In the case of credit card number breaches, the direct costs can often be suffered by banks and card issuers. Also note that this is only an estimate.

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Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
NH_unicare.pdf	New Hampshire Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/1688'>1688</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
4	2008-04-02	2008-12-04	23 Sep 15:34
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APR. 2. 2008 4:02PM HINMAN STRAUB No 302 v g ST RAU B ATTORNEYS AT LAW IEI 9·rA·rz Smear ALBANY. New Yuan IEEO7-IB9:s TEL.: BIB-d3B·O7`5l me are-4se-aver SEAN M. Doouw stew passe; e r s-eeeva u 1 E·M...

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MD_ITU-150253.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/1688'>1688</a>
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17	2008-04-02	2008-12-03	23 Sep 12:02
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H INMAN ST RAU B ATTORINEYS AT LAW I2l STATE STREET ALBANY, NEW Ycnx l2207·\|G93 TEI.; 5IB·43G-O75\| FAX: 5IB-436·475\| SEAN M. D¤0v.Ar~1 DIRECT PHONE; 5 I 8-689-72 I 7 E—MAu_; $DOOLAN@HlNMANSTRAUB.COM...

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Maine breach notification - Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reports an unsecured server exposes personal information of 277,000 total. 2 of whom are residents of Maine. It is not stated what type of PII is exposed.
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ME_04042008_anthem.pdf	Maine Attorney General	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/1688'>1688</a>
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2	2008-04-04	2009-01-19	13 Jun 20:48
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Yardley, Benjamin From: Harris, Katie [Katiellarris@anthem.com] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:18 PM To: Yardley, Benjamin Subject: FW: Final member letter Importance: High Follow Up Flag: Follow up...

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Massachusetts Data Breach Notification : Personal information exposed over the internet on server not properly secured.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20080402_unicare_MA.pdf	Massachusetts Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1688'>1688</a>
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29	2008-04-02	2010-04-27	24 May 17:05
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S T RAU B I IRI STATE Swan AI.aAwr. New Yoma t2207—I593 TEL.: 5IS—4.36-0751 Fax: SIB-436-475I V SEAN M. Dcoum . Damacr Pucmsz 5 I B-589-72 I 7 E·MA\|LZ 5DC>GLAN!QHINMAN5TFIAUB.COM April 2, 2008 VIA F...

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Massachusetts Data Breach Notification : Data on server was exposed to the internet, GIC had 1 of 29 of these customers.
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20080415_MA_group_insurance_commission_MA.pdf	Massachusetts Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1688'>1688</a>
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1	2008-04-15	2009-08-21	24 May 17:05
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' I `he Commonwealth of Massachusetts Q s Q, lg; I O GI`Ol1p Insurance COHIITIISSIOH ` ET _ 1>.o. Box sm Boston, Massachusetts 02l14~8747 (gr;) 727-g31() Fax (617) 221-2681 TTY (617) 227-8583 April i...