Cyberattack on Pacific Northwest health insurer exposes 10.4 million people
Premera reported on March 17, 2015 that cyber attackers had gained unauthorized access to its IT systems; HHS OCR said the breach affected more than 10.4 million people and Premera paid $6.85 million to settle HIPAA violations.
What is known
People affected
11,000,000 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed
Mar 17, 2015
Attack
Phishing
Data exposed
Names, Dates of birth, Social Security numbers, Financial, Health, Insurance, Addresses
