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Blue Cross of Idaho says some customer information revealed in data breach
From: Destry Winant <destry () riskbasedsecurity com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:27:06 -0400
https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/blue-cross-of-idaho-says-some-customer-information-revealed-in/article_8f951238-f119-5172-9c1b-e7f1576aa165.html Blue Cross of Idaho announced Friday it recorded a data breach involving protected health information. An unauthorized user accessed Blue Cross of Idaho’s online provider portal with the intent of redirecting a financial transaction, according to a news release from Blue Cross. Some of the documents accessed by the user contained protected information. The information accessed in the data breach did not contain Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or banking information, according to the release. It did, however, contain member names, enrollee numbers, account numbers, names of health care providers, claim numbers, claims payment information and procedure code. The FBI is conducting an investigation, which Blue Cross is cooperating with. The individual who accessed the information was able to see details on roughly 1 percent of Blue Cross’ customers. “On March 21, 2019, Blue Cross of Idaho was the target of an attempted financial crime. An unauthorized user sought to fraudulently obtain money by rerouting a financial transaction,” Paul Zurlo, Executive Vice President for Sales Marketing and Communication, told the Idaho Press in a statement. “Blue Cross of Idaho prevented the attempt, and we contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The perpetrator accessed documents which contained private health information.” Blue Cross has notified the affected customers, according to the statement. “We are offering them three years of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services,” according to Zurlo. “We take consumers’ privacy very seriously, and we are committed to keeping our members’ data secure.” Blue Cross of Idaho spokesman Bret Rumbeck said Blue Cross of Idaho has roughly 560,000 customers total, meaning the number of affected customers in the data breach is about 5,600. He also could not offer more information about the data breach, as it involves an active FBI investigation. Blue Cross stated it is not aware of this information being used as of now. Still, the company will issue new ID cards and numbers to affected members, according to the news release. _______________________________________________ BreachExchange mailing list sponsored by Risk Based Security BreachExchange () lists riskbasedsecurity com If you wish to Edit your membership or Unsubscribe you can do so at the following link: https://lists.riskbasedsecurity.com/listinfo/breachexchange
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