Misplaced data

A contractor misplaced a report she had downloaded onto a USB memory stick containing the names, ages and prescription information of 6,000 Utahns on Medicaid. The woman faulted for the breach, an account manager for Goold Data Systems, is no longer employed at Goold. “She was having difficulty uploading a file that the Utah Department of Health had ordered and found it easier to load it onto a thumb drive," said Jim Clair, CEO of the Maine-based company, which manages pharmacy claims for several states’ Medicaid programs. "I don’t think she realized it was against company policy."