An employee incorrectly disclosed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of Washington Apple Care clients, leaving the information of 91,000 clients exposed for “approximately two weeks,” KPQ NewsRadio reports. “While we don’t believe the information went any further than that, we have to take an abundance of caution,” said the organization’s Amy Blondin. “We want to make sure that we let Apple Health Medicaid clients know about this,” adding that mailed notifications had gone out to the affected. Meanwhile, NTT Com Security’s newest study, “Risk: Value,” found that the “majority of business decision makers admit that their organization will suffer an information security breach and that the cost of recovery could start from around $1 million,” PR Newswire reports.
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