| Oct. 6, 2009 | BlueCross BlueShield Assn. (Chicago, IL) | A file containing identifying information for every physician in the country contracted with a Blues-affiliated insurance plan was on a laptop computer stolen from a BlueCross BlueShield Assn. employee. The file included the name, address, tax identification number and national provider identifier number for about 850,000 doctors. Some 16% to 22% of those physicians listed -- as many as 187,000 -- used their Social Security numbers as a tax ID or NPI number. | 187,000 |
| Oct. 15, 2009 | Virginia Department of Education (Richmond, VA) (877) 347-5224 | A flash drive containing the personal information of more than 103,000 former adult education students in Virginia was misplaced. The information included names, Social Security numbers and employment and demographic information. The flash drive contained information on all students who finished an adult education course in Virginia from April 2007 through June 2009 or who passed a high school equivalency test between January 2001 and June 2009. | 103,000 |
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