BreachExchange mailing list archives

Blue Cross Blue Shield breach


From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:21:47 -0500

  THIS article is indicating that the breach may include more than the 
70,000 BCBS subscribers in Georgia:

 From the Atlanta Constitution 
http://www.ajc.com/health/medical-insurer-warns-70-560363.html

Medical insurer warns 70,000 Georgians of security breach

The state's largest health insurance company has warned 70,000 Georgians 
that their personal medical information, Social Security numbers and 
credit card data may have been wrongly accessed because of a Web site 
security breach.

The security problem at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia is part of 
an even larger Web site breach of its parent company, WellPoint, which 
this month sent warning letters to 470,000 people across the country.

Information was exposed for five months, said company spokeswoman Cindy 
Sanders. It affected applicants under the age of 65 who were applying 
for individual policies.

...
_______________________________________________
Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org)
Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/

Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with
CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection
from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations
important to executives and business leaders.
http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php


Current thread: