http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/premera-blue-cross-hack-exposes-data-11m
By Mike Miliard
Healthcare IT News
March 18, 2015
In what looks to be becoming a trend, another health plan has been
targeted with a "sophisticated cyberattack," with hackers gaining access
to the financial and medical information of 11 million members.
Washington state-based Premera Blue Cross, a not-for-profit plan whose
corporate clients include Pacific Northwest giants Microsoft and
Starbucks, announced the breach, which was detected in January, on March
17.
The attackers – who some have suggested may be the same Chinese spies
suspected in the massive Anthem breach revealed this past month, gained
access to to a plethora of personal data. The Anthem breach compromised
the information of nearly 80 million people.
"That information could include names, dates of birth, addresses,
telephone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, member
identification number, medical claims information and financial
information," according to Premera.
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