Anthem Targeted In Cyber Attack

Hackers broke into Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurance database storing information for about 80 million people. Experts are calling this a very sophisticated cyber attack.

Anthem said it has yet to find any evidence that medical info or insurance claims or test results were targeted or taken in the attack that was discovered last week. Anthem also said credit card information wasn’t compromised. Sources however say that the hackers did gain access to names, birthdates, email address, employment details, Social Security numbers, incomes and street addresses of people who are currently covered or have had coverage in the past.

CEO Joseph Swedish said

Once the attack was discovered, Anthem immediately made every effort to close the security vulnerability, contacted the FBI and began fully cooperating with their investigation. Anthem has also retained Mandiant, one of the world’s leading cybersecurity firms, to evaluate our systems and identify solutions based on the evolving landscape.

An Anthem spokeswoman said Thursday the insurer was working with investigators to figure out who was behind the cyber attack. No one knows just how many people were effected.