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And Financial Data Medical and financial data belonging to as many as 11 million Premera Blue Cross customers may have been exposed in a breach discovered on the same day as the Anthem breach, the health insurance company
On the same date as Premera, Anthem discovered a breach that affected nearly 80 million customers
Anthem announced its breach on February 13, more than a month before Premera announcement today. Unlike in the Premera breach, medical data and banking information were believed not to have been exposed in the Anthem breach.
Both Premera and Anthem described the attacks against their systems as ery sophisticated, and some believe the attacks may be linked to a state-sponsored attack out of China.
A wave of phishing attacks followed the announcement of the Anthem breach. In light of this
Premera is stressing that the company will not email or call customers about the breach. To protect against phishing attacks,
The first breach has been linked to earlier thefts of personal data from millions of records at Anthem Inc, the second largest U s. health insurer,
#Health insurer Anthem says database of customer employee info hacked Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in America, said late Wednesday that a database containing personal information of approximately 80 million of its customers
though Anthem said it was likely that"tens of millions"of records were stolen. Anthem also said the breach exposed names, addresses, birthdates, Social security numbers,
email addresses and employment details--including income. However the insurer did say that credit card information was compromised not
Anthem said it had detected the breach itself and would notify affected customers via letter and e-mail.
Matt Cullina, CEO of identity protection specialist IDT911, told Foxnews. com that the Anthem hack highlights the importance of extensive cyber security planning. ith high legal costs and the risk of business losses,
Anthem, said hackers broke into a database with personal information about 80 million of its customers.
#Hackers Strike Health insurer Anthem The country's second-biggest health insurer says cyberattackers infiltrated one of its IT systems
"wrote Anthem CEO Joe Swedish in a letter to the company's policyholders.""No credit card information was compromised,
About 80 million of Anthem's customers and employees are affected by the incursion which was discovered last week,
and Anthem says it has hired a cybersecurity firm to examine its systems and recommend solutions.
Anthem offers Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in California, New york and other states and is headquartered in Indianapolis.
One in nine Americans receives coverage for his medical care through Anthem's affiliated plans, according to a statement on its website e
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