Premera Blue Cross hack exposes 11M

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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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