Joseph Conn reports: The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month. The plans could find…
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Legal liabilities in recent data breach extend far beyond Anthem
Joseph Conn reports: The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month. The plans could find…
It may look good, but that data breach report is not necessarily accurate
Two analyses of data breaches in 2014 have been released within the past month. One is Gemalto’s annual Breach Level Index report (pdf), which is based on 1,541 breach reports resulting in 1,023,108,267 breached records. The other is Risk Based Security’s Data Breach Quick View (pdf), which is based on 3,014 incidents exposing 1,068,191,345 records. How can an analysis that…
CDPH Issues Penalties to Hospitals for Privacy Breaches (Updated)
You know all those monetary penalties HHS generally doesn’t hand out? Well, the state of California does when it enforces Section 1280.15 of the California Health and Safety Code. Earlier this year, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced it had issued monetary penalties this year to the following hospitals after investigations into privacy breaches. Links below…
Millions of Children Exposed to ID Theft Through Anthem Breach
Herb Weisman reports: Adults aren’t the only ones who can have their identity stolen. Tens of millions of American children had their Social Security numbers, date of birth and health care ID numbers stolen in the recent data breach at health insurance giant, Anthem Inc. This exposes these kids to the real risk of identity…
How many breaches has Anthem had?
While everyone’s still talking about the Anthem breach, a number of sites have noted that this was not Anthem/Wellpoint’s first breach. That’s true, but according to my records, this may be their first publicly disclosed hack. In reverse chronological order, here’s what my blog posts from this site, my two other sites, and other sources reflect,…