Anthem has now posted information on how to enroll for the free services it is providing to those affected by its recently disclosed breach: Anthem is working with AllClear ID, a leading and trusted identity protection provider, to offer 24 months of identity theft repair and credit monitoring services to current or former members of…
Category: Health Data
New detail emerges on Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation breach
Ouch. The Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation breach, reported here, affected 56,694 patients and employees, according to the entity’s report to HHS. The breach affected patients who were seen at each of Boston Baskin’s office locations between 2008 and July 2014, as well as current and former employees. I wonder how many of those 56,694 patients and employees were former patients…
U.S. states say Anthem too slow to inform customers about breach
Jim Finkle reports: Ten U.S. states have sent a letter to Anthem Inc complaining that the company has been too slow in notifying consumers that they were victims of a massive data breach disclosed last week. “The delay in notifying those impacted is unreasonable and is causing unnecessary added worry to an already concerned population…
Anthem says hackers had access to customer data back to 2004
Chad Terhune reports: Insurance giant Anthem Inc. said Thursday that hackers had access to customer data going back to 2004 as investigations continue into the massive breach. I would not take that to mean that the Anthem is not retaining data that goes back before 2004, but only that the database the hackers accessed went…
Anthem offers free identity-theft protection after breach
Bill Berkrot and Karen Freifield report: Anthem Inc. said on Wednesday its millions of customers can sign up for free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection services this week following a massive cyber attack involving stolen U.S. Social Security numbers, birth dates and sensitive health information. “Consumers will be able to sign up for these services,…
TN: Police report filed in security breach at State of Franklin Healthcare
NewsChannel 11 reports that at least four employees of State of Franklin Health Care Associates have become victims of ID theft following a breach involving payroll information. The Johnson City Police are investigating. A letter sent to SoFHA employees from CEO Richard Panek on Tuesday said, “I regret to inform you of a recent data…