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SUMMARY

Stolen laptop contains Social Security numbers of hundreds of thousands of physicians
Records	850,000
Record Types	SSN
Breach Type	Stolen Laptop
Data Family	Electronic
Source	Outside
Organization	Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	WellPoint, Highmark, Inc.
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	Lyger

Date	Event
2009-08-25	Incident Occurred
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2009-10-03	Organization Reports Incident
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records	date	organizations
1,200,000	2010-02-08	AvMed Health Plans

Address: Chicago, IL, USA
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Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$51,000,000.00

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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Maryland breach notification: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) - stolen laptop contained personal information of 6,345 MD residents.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
ITU182307.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/2361'>2361</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
6345	2009-10-09	2010-02-26	21 May 18:50
Excerpt
’`·· ‘ 160 W. Slauson Ave. Suite 7, Los Angles, CA 90003 phone 323 234-1495 fax 415 983—2514 www.PureSl:yleGirlfriends.c0m December l9, 2009 RE: Fraud Alert Notification, Credit Card Fraud To Whom...

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Maryland breach notification: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association - lost laptop exposes personal information obtained by Highmark.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
ITU182318.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/2361'>2361</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
Not yet entered	2009-09-30	2010-02-26	14 Jun 15:31
Excerpt
’`·· ‘ 160 W. Slauson Ave. Suite 7, Los Angles, CA 90003 phone 323 234-1495 fax 415 983—2514 www.PureSl:yleGirlfriends.c0m December l9, 2009 RE: Fraud Alert Notification, Credit Card Fraud To Whom...