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2017 — Anthem: A data breach may have exposed personal health…

2017 18.5K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

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A data breach may have exposed personal health information of more than 18,000 Anthem Medicare enrollees, after one of the insurer's health care consulting firms discovered that one of its employees had been involved in identity theft.Anthem says it was contacted about the breach by the consulting firm LaunchPoint Ventures on June 14. LaunchPoint discovered two months earlier that one of its employees had been involved in involved in a case of identity theft, and further investigation discovered

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