A massive data breach has hit the healthcare industry again.
Premera Blue Cross, a Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based health insurer, has acknowledged that it was victim of a cyber attack that could affect 11 million of its customers. On Jan. 29, Premera discovered that cyber attackers had executed a sophisticated attack to gain unauthorized access to its IT systems. The investigation further revealed that the initial attack occurred on May 5.
