The breach occurred when hackers broke into a Medicaid server and removed patient files. Nearly 280,000 unencrypted Social Security numbers were exposed.
According to Javelin’s projections, each case of fraud that occurs due to the breach will result in nearly $3,327 of loss for the Utah Department of Health. Each person whose information was misused will incur approximately $770 in out-of-pocket costs and will spend 20 hours resolving the cases.
Javelin’s Data Breach Fraud Impact Report, which will be released next month, will cover the Utah data breach in more detail.
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