Consultant allegedly stole insurance claimant data

It isn't just the big companies dealing with data theft. Sentry Insurance, a Wisconsin-based company, has reported the theft of data, including names and social security numbers, on over 100,000 insurance claimants and says the information on about 80 was then later sold over the Internet. According to the company the information theft was allegedly done by a consulting firm's staffer who has been arrested and charged with felony counts in the incident.

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