Harver Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group: Cyberattack Targets Health Insurer Records
Harver Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group: Cyberattack Targets Health Insurer Records One of the US' largest health insurers, Anthem, has announced last week that millions of their employee and client records have been illegally accessed through a sophisticated cyberattack.
Harver Health Insurance Counter Fraud Group: Cyberattack Targets Health Insurer Records
One of the US' largest health insurers, Anthem, has announced last week that millions of their employee and client records have been illegally accessed through a sophisticated cyberattack.
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Anthem Chief Executive Joseph Swedish, whose personal data was involved as well, apologized<br />
through a letter and emphasized that they are working continuously to ensure their clients' and<br />
staff's data.<br />
Security breach threats are particularly concerning in the financial and healthcare sectors that<br />
usually collect sensitive information about clients. Even without credit card information,<br />
combinations of names, birthdates and Social Security numbers would be more than enough to<br />
gain a lot of money in the black market. In fact, the FBI has already ranked cybercrime as a top law<br />
enforcement activity.<br />
Technology experts from <strong>Harver</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Counter</strong> <strong>Fraud</strong> <strong>Group</strong> and other law<br />
enforcement officials are saying that getting hacked is inevitable and it's only a matter of when.<br />
They admitted that it is a challenge to keep up with the cyber criminals especially since most of<br />
them are based abroad.<br />
Anthem promised that it will give free credit monitoring and identity repair services for affected<br />
clients.
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