WellPoint Reaches $100K Settlement For Data Breach

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http://www.darkreading.com/security/news/231001241/wellpoint-reaches-100k-settlement-for-data-breach.html

WellPoint Reaches $100K Settlement For Data Breach
WellPoint has also agreed to pay for up to two years of credit monitoring 
and other protection to affected customers

Jul 08, 2011
By Neil Versel, InformationWeek
Special to Dark Reading

WellPoint, the nation's largest private health insurer, has agreed to pay 
a $100,000 fine to the state of Indiana for a data breach that left 
personal information of about 32,000 people exposed.

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller reached a settlement with 
Indianapolis-based WellPoint and subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross and Blue 
Shield on June 23 and announced the resolution this week.

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