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Senators blast Anthem for ‘unacceptable’ response after data breach

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Dissent

Sarah Ferris reports:

Leaders of the Senate’s health committee are accusing insurer giant Anthem of failing to inform millions of people who may have been affected by a massive data breach last month.

Committee chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and ranking member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said Wednesday that 50 million customers who may have been impacted by the cyberattack still have not been informed.

Read more on The Hill.

And count me among the 50 million who still have not received a notification letter, so I’m not exactly unbiased here.


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