- Two desktop computers stolen from the offices of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission of Texas City, Texas, which contian some information on Medicade customers were stolen in a robbery Wednesday night.
We do not know exactly what information may have been stored on computers at this stage, although, according to the spokesperson Stephanie Goodman, it is very unlikely that they contained the social security numbers. Goodman also said it is unlikely that Medicade affected customers would be notified of the potential violation of data.
It is surprising that the potential victims of identity theft are not aware of the violation, Texas law does not require state agencies to protect Social Security numbers. Therefore, even if the Social Security numbers do end up being exposed in the breach affected consumers should not be notified under the legislation in force in Texas.