Are the Chinese after your health records? The government believes so, and a third cyberattack on a health care provider only adds fuel to this international fire.
The Washington, D.C., news source The Hill reports that, following a third major hack of a District of Columbia health data base, U.S. government officials are howling for Beijing to fess up to hacking.
The latest: a 1.1 million-record hack of CareFirst, a BlueCross provider based in the nation's capital. This one pales before the other two—Anthem and Premera invasions last year exposed a total of 90 million records. It occurred last June, and was just discovered this week when, The Hill reported, CareFirst did a security update because of concerns raised by the other two hacks.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
