Insurance Plan Excellus BCBS Announces 19-Month-Old Hack Attack
Healthcare and Public Health
The Blue Cross Blue Shield company in western New York and its affiliates say the incident might have provided intruders a gander at 10 million personal records.
There is no evidence yet that any information was abused or copied.
The accessed data could include customers' names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, mailing addresses, phone numbers, member identification numbers, financial account information and claims information.
Other affiliates impacted are Lifetime Benefit Solutions, Lifetime Care, Lifetime Health Medical Group, The MedAmerica Companies and Univera Healthcare.
Excellus and Lifetime said they were mailing letters to affected individuals on Sept. 9.