Data Breach at Anthem
And it's a nice big data breach at that.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Anthem, the nation's second largest health insurer has admitted having a data breach involving over 80 million customers last week.
Investigators are still determining the extent of the incursion, which was discovered last week, and Anthem said it is likely that "tens of millions" of records were stolen. The health insurer said the breach exposed names, birthdays, addresses and Social Security numbers but doesn't appear to involve medical information or financial details such as credit-card or bank-account numbers, nor are there signs the data are being sold on the black market.
Hasn't showed up on the black market yet.
If I were an Anthem customer, I'd be mightily upset right now.
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Ditto, CL. We've been involved in security breaches
involving a major credit card company, a US federal government agency, and very recently, my credit union card was replaced by the credit union--with no detailed info supplied to me, just that my debit card may have been breached.
Whew!
If we could figure out a way to completely avoid plastic, we would. But most of our bills are paid 'by phone,' so it is impossible.
(We do manage to avoid online payments, except an occasional retail purchase using a prepaid gift/debit card.)
Thanks for the post.
Looks like this is one breach that we've successfully dodged!
Mollie
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
I have had my ATM card replaced at least twice
Target and Home Depot. Home Depot is on my blacklist. I didn't remember going there.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Along this line...
Tv news last night warned of a virus, usually contained in an email attachment, that takes control of your computer and everything in it. Hacker(s) are charging a ransom of 500 in Bitcoin to return control of the computer and let the owner back in. One police station paid. Said they had to. One woman threw her computer away and bought a new one rather than pay. Said she didn't trust them to really return her stuff.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Was it the Crypto Locker virus?
If so it's fairly old news. That virus has been out for close to a year. It does lock up your files and demand a ransom of 500 bit coins. There is a program you can download to block it called Crypto Prevent; however it doesn't take care of an existing infestation of the virus; it only blocks new ones.
I with the throw away lady
$500 is a running start @ an upgrade.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Liars
Really, no financial or medical data?
During a recent doctor visit, the nurse ran down through a list of medications including vitamin supplements. I could see the screen and just about everything that my wife has done for the past six months was there.
We have been dealing with four hosipital and doctor systems, Rex, WakeMed, Duke and Novant. Every one of them has a webportal with mecical records.
Anthem is primarily about the financial side. Maybe no medical records. But no financial information? I call bullshit.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
If they stole
Name, address and social security number you're toast anyway. Financial identity theft is right around the corner.
"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak." --Paul Wellstone
Potential Chinese link
WSJ now reporting:
"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak." --Paul Wellstone