Latest insurance hack more devastating than Anthem

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Premera Blue Cross, which serves the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, says it was hacked last May — and its customers’ claims and clinical data were exposed.

The breach, which affects 11 million customers, was discovered on January 29 of this year, the company says in a statement. That’s the same day Anthem discovered its data breach, but a Premera Blue Cross spokesperson says it’s not clear whether or not the two are related at this point.

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Nathan Golia is editor-in-chief of Digital Insurance and the chair of the Dig | In: The Digital Future of Insurance conference. Nate has been covering the insurance industry since 2010, when he was … Read full bio


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