Who needs enemies when you have government like this?
The Department of Health Care Services said Monday it has breached the privacy of 49,352 people who receive adult day-care services from the state.
The department said that letters it mailed a week ago to 49,352 Medi-Cal beneficiaries wrongly included each patient’s Social Security number on their address labels.
The department said the security incident took place Feb. 1, but it was only told about it on Thursday. It started to notify the 49,352 beneficiaries about the problem over the weekend.
“At this point, there is no evidence that unauthorized parties have acquired or accessed beneficiary personal information,” the department said in a prepared statement.
DHCS officials said they regretted the breach, which has so far cost the state $50,000. It blamed itself and a private vendor for the problem mailings.
Karen Johnson, a deputy director at the department, said officials are investigating and will figure out who pays for what when they get the findings.
Just who do they think they’re kidding. All of us at RNS know who is going to have to pay for it.
You.