Data Theft of 29,000 Fallon Community Health Plan Members

A stolen laptop included the names, birth dates and some health care data on 29,800 members of Fallon Community Health Plan, a Worcester, Mass.-based medical provider and insurer. The laptop was stolen from the office of a third-party provider.

The data does not include any financial information such as bank account or credit card numbers or any home addresses. But it does include Medicare identification numbers, which usually consists of the person’s or his or her spouse’s Social Security number.

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