A Georgia Department of Community Health contractor says a disc containing data on nearly three million former and current Medicaid recipients is still missing.
It has been three months since Affiliated Computer Services sent the disk by two-day mail, and discovered it never reached its destination.
"To date, despite Herculean efforts to find it, the CD has not been found. ACS regrets this, as do I," company vice president John Hammock told the Board of Community Health at a meeting Thursday.
Hammock admits "a mistake was made" when the company failed to encrypt the sensitive information before mailing it. But, he says, there is no evidence the data has been misused.
The state has not canceled its contract with ACS.
It has been three months since Affiliated Computer Services sent the disk by two-day mail, and discovered it never reached its destination.
"To date, despite Herculean efforts to find it, the CD has not been found. ACS regrets this, as do I," company vice president John Hammock told the Board of Community Health at a meeting Thursday.
Hammock admits "a mistake was made" when the company failed to encrypt the sensitive information before mailing it. But, he says, there is no evidence the data has been misused.
The state has not canceled its contract with ACS.
