Premera Blue Cross

Can the Office for Civil Rights really keep up with cyberhackers?

The news about data breaches continued on Tuesday when insurer Premera Blue Cross disclosed that cyberhackers had accessed medical and financial records of as many as 11 million people. It’s been just weeks since the Anthem hack occurred, which involved records of 80 million people. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a small agency within […]

Deep Panda at it again with Premera hack?

News of the hack that occurred at Premera Blue Cross in Seattle and which involved the medical records of some 11 million members spread quickly over the last two days, and appears to be strikingly similar to the major attack that Anthem suffered barely a month ago. Anthem’s hack involved a staggering 80 million members, […]

Premera Blue Cross breach included medical records of 11M patients

Yet another healthcare entity has been hacked, this time Premera Blue Cross in Washington, which today said it was the target of a “sophisticated cyber attack” that may include medical and financial information on some 11 million customers. The health plan, based just outside of Seattle, said it discovered its IT systems were breached on […]