Anthem Health Care Company - Data Breach

[jam-mill]

Apparently a very large number of people are or will be affected. They (Anthem http://www.anthemfacts.com/) are saying no medical information was lost, but the hackers got SS #'s, home addresses, and salary information. WOW! REALLY! I couldn't care less if some hacker knows my medical information. However, I really care that they can attempt to steal my ID and attempt to steal from any financial accounts.

[LeftyStrat]

Sucks, they are my provider.

[jam-mill]

Sucks, they are my provider.

I went to Experian and purchased a "Security Freeze" for $10; supposedly it will prevent anyone from using the SS# for credit application, etc.

Anthem indicates that they will eventually be notifying anyone whose information is compromised and providing (paying for) fraud protection service.

[Leo_Gnardo]

Feh... When the HI racketeers finally start to spend money on important things like 1: paying claims and B: computer security, and put III last: giant paychecks and bonuses for their oh-so-smaaaaart executives LAST, maybe things will start going right. Don't hold your breath.

[Cantplay]

I added the following line to all my credit reports

"Fraud victim. Do not extend credit without contacting me at xxx-xxx-xxxx"

John

[Teleguy61]

Feh... When the HI racketeers finally start to spend money on important things like 1: paying claims and B: computer security, and put III last: giant paychecks and bonuses for their oh-so-smaaaaart executives LAST, maybe things will start going right. Don't hold your breath.

Right.
They are non-profit companies.
Sure they are.

[LeftyStrat]

Now there are phishing scam going around.