Shelton, WA (4-4-15) — Premier Blue Cross has sent out letters notifying clients their personal identification data has been hacked as early as May 5, 2014 through Jan 29, 2015. The stolen info includes their address, name, date of birth, social security number, e-mail address, member ID #, and all the other earmarks needed to defraud patrons who entrusted this sensitive information to the health insurance company–i.e. a bailment! Blue Cross claims no evidence of inappropriate USE of the stolen information has been discovered…as though theft of such data wasn’t inappropriate in and of itself.
Blue Cross reassures customers it has hired a cyber security firm (Mandiant) to investigate. It claims it has turned over the details of the attack to the FBI as well. No information was released as to just when (if ever) the FBI might track down the miscreants and arrest them in Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, Nigeria, China, Iraq, Libya, Yemen or wherever else they might be. Clients are expected to remain confident Blue Cross will keep them updated–eventually.
