Who Breached: The Agency for Health Care Administration
Number Affected: 55,000
Information breached: Social Security Numbers
How: Database security flaw

The Agency for Health Care Administration may have breached the personal information for 55,000 Organ and Tissue Donors listed in their registry. The information in the registry includes Social Security Numbers.

On June 20th, the Agency learned of a security flaw in the Organ and Tissue Registry and immediately took it offline. The system was fixed, and the 55,000 affected individuals will be contacted by mail.

The Florida-based agency has set up a breach FAQ for the public on their website here. A press release can be found here (PDF).

Via attrition, AP Tags: data breach, security flaw, database, ahca, florida