Alaska state authorities are notifying up to 700,000 individuals of a health department data breach that originally was reported to federal regulators last June as affecting only 501 people. The spike in potential victims is an extreme example of the challenges some breached entities face when trying to determine the scope of a security incident. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, which reported the breach, has a rocky security record. In 2012, it was fined $1.7 million as part of a HIPAA settlement for a breach reported in 2009 involving the theft of an unencrypted USB drive.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/victim-count-in-alaska-health-department-breach-soars-a-11968