PDF: BlueCross hard drive theft update
Personal information for nearly 1 million members of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee was included on computer hard drives stolen from an abandoned office last fall, according to a new company report.
The Chattanooga-based health insurer is contacting another 447,549 of its customers this month to alert them that their identities may have been jeopardized by the theft of 57 computer hard drives last October. That nearly doubles the number of BlueCross members already notified about the potential threat to their identities.
“We continue to try to be proactive in notifying those who may have had some type of record on these computer hard files,” BlueCross spokeswoman Mary Thompson said.
Nearly one of every three people covered by the Tennessee BlueCross plan have received or will be receiving letters from the insurance company telling them about the potential identity threat. The company is offering free credit monitoring services for the next year and access to a Kroll ID TheftSmart program for any of those potentially affected by the theft, BlueCross officials said.