Attorney General Richard Blumenthal believes The Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board owes its members identity theft protection and an explanation after waiting six months to inform them they lost a flash drive containing their personal information.
Blumenthal is urging the board to give the 58,000 plus members identity theft protection for two years and provide them with more details of how the flash drive vanished and exactly what information was on it.
The attorney general says the board informed his office of the lost drive last December, but did not tell its members until June.
Blumenthal had urged the board to “immediately notify all individuals whose information was contained on the flash drive, explaining the loss, the information contained on the flash drive and any safety and security information the board and the Department of Information Technology believe is appropriate.”
Despite Blumenthal’s urging, notifications were not distributed until about six months after the breach was discovered, and the notices failed to explain the nature of the breach and categories of information compromised.
“Tens of thousands of individuals impacted by this security breach deserve the specifics and safeguards to protect against identity theft,” Blumenthal said. “The Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Board has a moral and professional duty to promptly notify its members when private information is compromised, and provide protections.
“The board should do the right thing immediately: explain the problem and offer security.”
Several teachers have contacted Blumenthal’s office with questions and concerns about the breach, noting the lack of information in the board’s brief notification letter.
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