The few, the proud, the stolen

February 5, 2008 | By valmg |

Late last week I heard a report on the local news that a laptop belonging to the health insurance provider Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield had been stolen. On it was the personal information of 300,000 or more of its subscribers. As it turns out, I am one of the 300,000. Now I have lots of issues and concerns with this entire situation, some that I will address later. But the foremost in my mind is my credit and what might happen to it. It certainly isn’t great, but I’m sure the wrong people could make it worse.

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