Premera Blue Cross accused of destroying evidence in data breach lawsuit
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Premera Blue Cross data breach victims say insurer destroyed evidence
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Premera, Anthem breaches probably espionage, expert says
Attackers who compromised personal data of about 11 million customers of healthcare provider Premera were likely after intelligence about groups or individuals, not cashing in on the information, even though it has enormous market value, experts say.
Ben Johnson
Indications are that the attack and a similar one at Anthem disclosed earlier this year were perpetrated by the same group that likely has ties to the government of China, which isn’t looking for a monetary payday, says Ben Johnson, chief security strategist for Bit9+CarbonBlack.
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Hackers compromise 1.8 million medical records from healthcare provider Premera
Hackers who went undetected for eight months gained wholesale access to medical records and other personal data of the 1.8 million Premera Blue Cross health plan members in Washington State and Alaska as well as anyone who did business with the company.
Premera says in a posting that it has called in the FBI to help investigate the incident and is relying on Mandiant to help figure out how the attackers got in and to clean up its network.
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