Delay acknowledged in data breach / Loss of computer files occurred 2 months ago
Source: Jay Gallagher, Democrat & Chronicle (NY), July 26, 2006
ALBANY — Personal information on about 540,000 New Yorkers was known to be missing almost two months before officials of the company responsible for the loss reported the incident, a company spokesman acknowledged Tuesday. ….. The missing information was stored in a computer shipped to Chicago by the Special Funds Conservation Committee, a private agency that works with the state Workers' Compensation Board to provide benefits for workers hurt on the job who have had previous injuries. …… The contract between CS Stars and the Special Funds Conservation Committee wasn't approved by the state comptroller, as are all contracts signed by state agencies, said Jeffrey Gordon, spokesman for Comptroller Alan Hevesi. That's because the committee is a private group, he said, although it had access to data from the publicly run Workers Compensation Board.