Some TRICARE Beneficiary Data At Risk

Week of July 30, 2007

Data for nearly 600,000 households enrolled in TRICARE stored on a government-contractor's unprotected computer server could have been exposed to hackers. The Department of Defense and the Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) are mailing letters to beneficiaries whose data was put at risk. An incident response center has been set up and can be reached toll free within the United States at 1-888-862-2680, or collect at 1-515-365-3550 from outside the United States. Information on steps TRICARE beneficiaries can take to protect themselves from identity theft is available at the TRICARE ID Theft: Resources webpage.

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