The personal identifying information of more than 61,000 Texans may have been compromised in a data breach , and some of the state’s most vulnerable residents are at highest risk.
On Friday the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) publicly notified the public about an incident that it learned about Nov. 21, 2024. Then, the HHSC learned that, allegedly, employees from within its own office improperly accessed the information of 61,104 Texans who receive public assistance including Medicaid and food stamps.
“HHSC took immediate steps to mitigate the breach by terminating the employees involved and referring the incident to the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) for investigation and coordination with prosecutor offices to pursue criminal charges,” read a statement Friday from the HHSC…