https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/insurer-anthem-will-pay-record-16m-for-massive-data-breach/
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press
10/15/2018
WASHINGTON -- The nation's second-largest health insurer has agreed to pay
the government a record $16 million to settle potential privacy violations
in the biggest known health care hack in U.S. history, officials said
Monday.
The personal information of nearly 79 million people - including names,
birthdates, Social Security numbers and medical IDs - was exposed in the
cyberattack, discovered by the company in 2015.
The settlement between Anthem Inc. and the Department of Health and Human
Services represents the largest amount collected by the agency in a health
care data breach, officials said.
"When you have large breaches it erodes people's confidence in the privacy
of their sensitive information, and we believe such a large breach of
trust merits a substantial payment," said Roger Severino, director of the
HHS Office for Civil Rights. The office also enforces the federal health
care privacy law known as HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act.
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