HealthNow data goes missing as laptop vanishes

HealthNow New York has alerted 40,000 members in Western and Northeastern New York that they may be at risk for identity theft, after a former employee’s laptop computer went missing with confidential information several months ago.

The Buffalo-based parent of Blue- Cross BlueShield of Western New York sent letters late last week to the affected customers, even though officials are still not certain what, if anything, was on the computer.

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