Connecticut’s Health Net lost a computer hard drive and the personal, medical and financial information of roughly 1.5 million members, including 450,000 Connecticut residents, leaving them vulnerable to ID theft, medical ID theft, financial loss, insurance fraud, credit card fraud and public humiliation.

The data breach occurred in May, but Health Net never notified their customers, state officials or law enforcement until last week.

The lost information covers the period from 2002 to the present, and pertains to past and present members from Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut who

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he was “outraged and appalled” not just by the data loss, but by Health Net’s keeping the information loss under wraps for six months. Their silence could be a violation of Connecticut law, he said. (more…)