Saturday, February 14, 2015

Anthem Data Breach

After an online attack on Anthem, by far the largest breach in the industry, security experts warned on Friday that more attacks on health care organizations were likely because of the high value of the data on the black market.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/data-breach-at-anthem-may-lead-to-others.html?_r=0


Notice that if  

"The information stolen from the insurance giant includes names, birthdays, medical IDs, social security numbers, street addresses, e-mail addresses and employment information, including income data," that may be enough information to file your income taxes and do plenty of other damage, including getting new insurance in your name with your credentials.

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