PHOENIX — Hundreds of Arizonans may have been impacted by a breach of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), officials announced Friday.
The breach reportedly took place on May 11, and impacted 2,632 Arizona residents enrolled in Medicaid.
AHCCCS officials say after investigating, it was found that a systems error allowed some household accounts in Health-e-Arizona Plus, the AHCCCS eligibility system, were viewable to people not in their household.
The victims' names, addresses, and last four digits of their social security numbers were all accessible in the breach.
AHCCCS has started the process of notifying members that had their personal information compromised.
They are encouraging anyone concerned about their personal information being used inappropriately to:
- Place a free credit report fraud alert. This will warn credit reporting agencies that there may be fraud involved in new requests for credit. You only need to contact one of the three main credit reporting agencies to set up the alert.
- Place a credit report security freeze. Under Arizona law, a "security freeze" prevents credit reporting agencies from releasing credit information without the consumer's express permission.
- Report any suspected identity theft to local police and inform AHCCCS of any filed police reports.
- Request a credit report from the three main credit reporting agencies. Consumers are entitled to receive one free credit report each year from each of the three credit agencies: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.
