‘Tens of millions’ of records stolen in hack attack on health insurer Anthem

(RT) America’s second-largest health insurer, Anthem Inc, said hackers hit into a database with personal information of about 80 million of its customers and employees, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The damage from the hack that was discovered last week is still being estimated by the investigators, and Anthem said it is likely that “tens of millions” of records were stolen, according to the Wednesday report by The Wall Street Journal.

The company said names, birthdays, addresses and Social Security numbers had been exposed, however, the breach had not involved medical information or financial details, like credit card or bank account numbers. No evidence indicates that the data was leaked to the black market, the company reassured.

Thomas Miller, the insurer’s chief information officer, said the company was set “to share the information as soon as possible.” Although having as many as 60 days to report the attack it revealed itself, the health-care company decided to send letters and e-mails to “everyone whose information was stored in the hacked database” in the nearest future...
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