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Hackers Stole More Than 1 Million Records from a Health Care Company

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An unidentified group of hackers stole data from about 1.1 million current and former members of the health insurance company CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in a breach last year, the company revealed on Wednesday.

The company disclosed the breach in an unusual way: with a website.

On the site, CareFirst admits that it was the target of a "sophisticated" cyberattack in June of last year, where the hackers "gained limited, unauthorized access to a single CareFirst database," potentially getting their hands on members' usernames as well as "names, birth dates, email addresses and subscriber identification number."

CareFirst president and CEO Chet Burrell sent a message to its customers in a video embedded on the site.

"We deeply regret the concern this attack may cause," Burrell said. "We are making sure those affected understand the extent of the attack—and what information was and was not affected. Even though the information in question would be of limited use to an attacker, we want to protect our members from any potential use of their information and will be offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for those affected for two years."


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