AIG Customers At Risk for Identity Theft

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A computer server was recently stolen from a Midwest office of American Insurance Group (AIG).  The hardware equipment contained names, Social Security numbers and medical records for 930,000 Americans.

The server contains detailed personal data from 930,000 prospective AIG customers, whose information had been forwarded to the insurance firm from 690 insurance brokers around the country. The potential customers’ employers were shopping with AIG for rates for excess medical coverage, the spokesman says, when they forwarded the personal data to AIG.

AIG has not yet notified any of the people whose personal data are on the stolen server. AIG security officials have been conducting a forensic analysis of the theft, and warned the 690 insurance brokers of the problem on May 26.

Source: MSN NBC

Written by MCruz on June 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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