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Health insurer Anthem (Blue Cross) hacked; data on millions of patients, employees exposed
LA Times ^ | February 4, 2015 | Chad Terhune and Ryan Parker

Posted on 02/05/2015 3:20:55 AM PST by Zakeet

Health insurance giant Anthem Inc. said late Wednesday that hackers had breached its computer system and the personal information of tens of millions of customers and employees was possibly at risk.

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The data breach extended across all of Anthem's business, possibly affecting customers at large employers, individual policyholders and people enrolled in Medicaid managed-care plans.

Anthem has more than 37 million members in California and 13 other states. But the company warned that it also had information in its database on other Blue Cross Blue Shield patients from all 50 states who had sought care in its coverage area.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: anthem; crime; healthcare; insurance; medicaid
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Another minor glitch!

More information on Anthem here

1 posted on 02/05/2015 3:20:55 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet
Who cares? So long as their CEOs get big raises.
2 posted on 02/05/2015 3:26:32 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Zakeet

OOO! OOO! I know! Lets put everyone into a giant data base! What could go wrong with that???


3 posted on 02/05/2015 3:27:00 AM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: Adder

The more expensive it is the better! Especially if one of your fellow racial tokens is the contractor!


4 posted on 02/05/2015 3:48:57 AM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: Daffynition

Just waiting for my letter that my SSN has been compromised... I want lifetime credit monitoring and my credit scores free quarterly for life. I’m sick of it... this is my answer to protect myself! I will try to demand it!


5 posted on 02/05/2015 3:51:24 AM PST by GizzyGirl
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To: Daffynition

Just waiting for my letter that my SSN has been compromised... I want lifetime credit monitoring and my credit scores free quarterly for life. I’m sick of it... this is my answer to protect myself! I will try to demand it! And I want to know where I have supposedly voted too!


6 posted on 02/05/2015 3:52:35 AM PST by GizzyGirl
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To: GizzyGirl
Just waiting for my letter that my SSN has been compromised... I want lifetime credit monitoring and my credit scores free quarterly for life. I’m sick of it... this is my answer to protect myself! I will try to demand it!

Good idea. Very good suggestion.

7 posted on 02/05/2015 3:54:24 AM PST by BJungNan (Spend yesterday's money good, today's money ok. Never spend tomorrow's money)
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To: Daffynition

Just waiting for my letter that my SSN has been compromised... I want lifetime credit monitoring and my credit scores free quarterly for life. I’m sick of it... this is my answer to protect myself! I will try to demand it! And I want to know where I have supposedly voted too! And while I’m on roll, I want the ability to know EVERYTHING going on with my dearly loved and sadly departed husband’s SSN and any current voting activity as well.


8 posted on 02/05/2015 3:54:58 AM PST by GizzyGirl
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To: GizzyGirl

Silly Gizzy,
That will cost you. It will be the rationale for insurance premium increases...or better yet, you will have to buy mandatory insurance to protect your identity in this upside-down world.


9 posted on 02/05/2015 3:58:06 AM PST by GWfan
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To: Daffynition
Ok... last time but I need to clarify, Anthem has more names and SSN numbers than just mine. They have my life—as well as my husband's and our children.
10 posted on 02/05/2015 3:59:30 AM PST by GizzyGirl
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To: GWfan
GizzyGirl, DizzyGizzy and now SillyGizzy...I see your point totally, but still... I watch my life... I quietly watch my credit, my spending, my savings, my home, my everything! And every time I turn around it gets harder to make sure that the walls have not been broken. So I guess I'm venting a bit. Hopefully I will not get the dreaded letter that may well be coming.
11 posted on 02/05/2015 4:06:30 AM PST by GizzyGirl
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To: Zakeet

Guess who my company went with after the nonaffordable care act destroyed our previous insurance?
This after stating they wouldn’t offer insurance at all.
*snort*
Three for three guys...


12 posted on 02/05/2015 4:17:06 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: GizzyGirl

I hear ya. I was a BC/BS customer for about 33 years .....do not use them now. Wonder how long they hold your info, so they can lose it?

I had a similar problem w/ my bank info being left on a laptop lost on the metro-north train into Manhattan.

From my personal experience, you do not want to have your identity stolen or compromised. It’s a full time job 24/7 getting things straightened out, and if you are working FT, who has that kind of time?

Even the LifeLocks of this world don’t guarantee that all types of fraud can be fully protected.


13 posted on 02/05/2015 4:27:00 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Zakeet

You will see more of these data breaches as the 2016 race heats up. The NSA is in the pocket of the DNC and will feed confidential information to them on whomever is the front-runner.

This is Obama’s modus operandi for more than a decade....destroying candidates by releases of personal, “sealed” information.


14 posted on 02/05/2015 4:32:06 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Walker/Cruz 2016)
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To: windcliff

...ping....


15 posted on 02/05/2015 4:46:10 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Zakeet

What will be the “straw”. Will SCOTUS rule unfavorably for the ACA? Will congress pass an un-veto-able bill to repeal? Will the “vox populi” speak loudly at the 2016 elections? We will see.


16 posted on 02/05/2015 4:51:53 AM PST by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: Zakeet

A reasonable person has a right to ask how the (fornicate) this can happen? Haven’t the companies figured it out yet? They don’t seem to care.


17 posted on 02/05/2015 5:02:33 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Zakeet

Guess it not the 1st time:

http://www.tgdaily.com/security-brief/50363-anthem-blue-cross-website-hack-of-200000-customers


18 posted on 02/05/2015 5:05:08 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Zakeet
Because of Obamacare, I had to change my insurance coverage, and I bought Anthem.

Yesterday was my birthday, and I got a text message and an email wishing me a happy birthday from some stranger.

Then this morning I got an email from the CEO of Anthem advising me of the hack.

19 posted on 02/05/2015 5:12:41 AM PST by Kenton
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To: Kenton

I got the email as well. Wondering if I should pony up for LifeLock or similar before it’s too late. But even that isn’t a 100% guarantee.


20 posted on 02/05/2015 6:02:18 AM PST by randita (Obama entrusted the transformation of the best healthcare system in the world to a scam artist.)
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