Premera Blue Cross, a health insurer based in the Pacific Northwest, announced this week that it was subject to a cyberattack potentially affecting 11 million people. The breach could have exposed medical and financial information of members and their dependents, including Social Security numbers, mailing and email addresses, member ID numbers and banking information. The hacking started May 5, 2014 and was discovered January 29, 2015- the same day as the announcement of the Anthem breach. See our article about the Anthem breach by clicking here.
The Premera cyberattack is the largest reported data breach involving patient medical information.
Premera Blue Cross is offering two years of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services, including identity theft insurance. They have set up a dedicated web page for more information- http://www.premeraupdate.com.
