Second The Nation's Health Insurer Anthem, Alerted Customers On Wednesday That Hackers Had Stolen The Personal Information That Tens Of Millions Of Customers.
Personal information including addresses, birthdays, medical identification numbers, social security numbers and income data belonging to current and former clients were swept in the cyber attack, according to a statement from the Chief Officer Joseph Swedish anthem. Somehow a glimmer of hope at that time the company does not believe that hackers have stolen information or payment of medical information.
He wrote the company shall notify the members individually if their information was consulted.
"Personal information own associates Anthem - including mine - was consulted during this vulnerability," he wrote. "We join you in your concern and frustration, and I assure you that we are working hard to do everything possible to further secure your data."
Swedish wrote the insurer has notified the FBI and cooperated fully with the investigation. He said the company also introduced the practice of Mandiant cybersecurity firm that exposed cyber attacks being popular libertarian Army in 2013. Despite these efforts, the company has not yet identified the attacker.
USA TODAY reported the attack could affect 80 million customers of Anthem, double the number of payment cards affected by the breach of the target last year.
Although this announcement feels too familiar after the recent hacks chain of companies ranging from Sony to JP Morgan, the Wall Street Journal notes that violation is different from others because Hymn discovered the violation itself and notified the public quickly. Hopefully for consumers, it marks a change in the way companies will approach similar hacks in the future.
The hack touched a wide range of brands Anthem, including Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup, CareMore, Unicare, and Healthlink DeCare.
The company has set up a website and phone number (1-877-263-7995) without charge for customers to access updates and ask questions about the hack. The company will also provide monitoring and protection service credit identity for free.
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