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😱 Almost a Million More Affected by Medicare Data Breach (AARP Article)

SummerOnTheWay1 — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:07:19 GMT

FROM ARTICLE - SEE ARTICLE FOR MORE!!!

Nearly 1 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries May Be Affected in Year-Old Data Breach.

How to protect yourself if Medicare says your personal information has been exposed.

By Kimberly Lankford, AARP. Published September 09, 2024.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is notifying almost a million beneficiaries whose personal information may have been compromised in a contractor’s data breach last year.

The contractor, Madison-based Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp., processes Medicare claims for CMS in six states: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Nebraska. But beneficiaries elsewhere could be affected if they used providers in those states. The notification to 946,801 Medicare beneficiaries comes more than a year after a security vulnerability was discovered in file-transfer software called MOVit.

https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2024/more-medicare-enrollees-affected-by-medicare-breach.html

Re: 😱 Almost a Million More Affected by Medicare Data Breach (AARP Article)

GailL1 — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:02:47 GMT

LOL- isn’t that just so unsettling?

Wonder who in government years ago had the bright idea of using our SS # for everything from credit issues to health files issues?

Privacy is a thing of the past and I urge all of you to

FREEZE YOUR CREDIT
FLAG YOUR SS #
REGULARLY MONITOR YOUR CREDIT REPORTS
PLACE FRAUD ALERTS ON YOUR CREDIT FILES
GET A MONITORING SERVICE IF A BREACH OCCURS
WATCH YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS
SIGN UP FOR DEED PROTECTION WITH YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, if they have it.

Re: 😱 Almost a Million More Affected by Medicare Data Breach (AARP Article)

WebWiseWoman — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:24:51 GMT

Something weird for me: since I checked my personal information and was advised by the site I was not impacted, at least 3 calls a day from unknown numbers; googled no obvious return...

Re: 😱 Almost a Million More Affected by Medicare Data Breach (AARP Article)

KatherineB338723 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:53:44 GMT

Is there a way to do the freezes at no cost? The three credit bureaus have us over a barrel by charging consumers to freeze our accounts.

Re: 😱 Almost a Million More Affected by Medicare Data Breach (AARP Article)

SummerOnTheWay1 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:35:18 GMT

📎 [11/5/24] AARP @AARPConsumerCare , can you help Katherine @KatherineB338723 ?

[*** KATHERINE wrote: Is there a way to do the freezes at no cost? The three credit bureaus have us over a barrel by charging consumers to freeze our accounts. ***]

Re: 😱 Almost a Million More Affected by Medicare Data Breach (AARP Article)

KatherineB338723 — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 11:54:52 GMT

Thanks for the assistance. I did go to each of the sites and found it is free to freeze.