Posted On September 5, 2023 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
September 5 – The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C are investigating the data breach that was reported after the company was targeted in a recent cyber security attack. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration data breach resulted in the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, genders, medical conditions, diagnoses, medications, allergies, health conditions, member IDs and plan names of certain individuals being compromised. It is believed to have impacted as many as 212,193 Indiana Medicaid members.
According to a notice posted on their website, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration reported a data breach after they were targeted in a recent cyber security attack. CareSource manages the benefit plans for some Indiana Medicaid recipients and also uses the MOVEit file transfer program created by Progress Software. On May 31, 2023, MOVEit was hacked. Immediately after, CareSource patched its instance of MOVEit and launched an investigation to determine what, if any, consumer information was compromised. On September 1, 2023, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was affected by the breach.
To learn more about the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration data breach, see our latest piece on the topic.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration is a health care and social services funding agency for Indiana residents. The Indiana FSSA was established by the Indiana General Assembly in 1991 to consolidate and integrate the provision of human services by the state government.
CareSource is a nonprofit, multi-state health plan based out of Dayton, Ohio. CareSource provides health care coverage for Medicaid consumers as well as other insurance plan offerings available on the Health Insurance Marketplace. CareSource serves more than 2 million members across six states, including Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Our data breach lawyers are eager to speak to victims of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration data breach to determine what damages they sustained and what compensation may be available to them. If you recently received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and would like a free consultation, contact the Console & Associates, P.C. law firm at (866) 778-5500 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential contact form.
