Anthem hit by huge security breach

[Hollyw00d]

They're probably still running windows XP

[Tank]

i have blue shield but have yet to get any kind of notice that we were included in the hack.

 

having my identity stolen twice in six months would be pretty depressing.

[Blarg]

You need to make sure that bathroom window is locked shut.

[Tank]

You need to make sure that bathroom window is locked shut.

 

we've dispatched a platoon of armed fire ants to patrol the area. so far so good.

[fan_since79]

L.A. Times is reporting Anthem did not encrypt its customer and employee data.

 

Wow.

 

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-anthem-hacked-20150204-story.html#page=2

[mp170.6]

Seems like we're approaching a point where SSN, DOB, DL number, whatever, will have no value whatsoever as everybody's data gets leaked.

 

The government will probably use this as justification to put a chip under everybody's skin. 

[gotbeer]

Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Suspected in Anthem Attack

[Stradling]

The government will probably use this as justification to put a chip under everybody's skin.

I would have no problem with this and wouldn't consider it an invasion of privacy.

(this was a joke, because mp would expect me to say something like that)

[fan_since79]

Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Suspected in Anthem Attack

 

So, according to this article, they actually want the personal information of defense contractors and government workers who are Anthem customers. And the Chinese government is behind it. I wonder if our president will do anything about this.

 

There need to be consequences here.

[Mark68]

So, according to this article, they actually want the personal information of defense contractors and government workers who are Anthem customers. And the Chinese government is behind it. I wonder if our president will do anything about this.

 

There need to be consequences here.

What do you think would be an appropriate (and realistic) response? We're certainly not going to go to war with China, and it probably doesn't matter to the Chinese government if US hackers got their citizens' personal info.

 

It's like when the US supposedly responded to the North Korean cyber attacks on Sony by knocking out the internet in North Korea. I'm sure both people that have the internet there were really inconvenienced.

 

Just like there was no way in hell we were going to war with Russia over the Ukraine. Overreaction is not the order of the day here.

[Tank]

let's kill all of their panda bears.

[gotbeer]

let's kill all of their panda bears.

 

Shall we start with that thirdbaseman?

[Tank]

Yes.

[DB24]

Glad I have Kaiser.

 

Never thought I'd say that.

[gotbeer]

Anthem warns U.S. customers of email scam after data breach

 

Guess I won't get calls that I owe the Treasury Department money for a while.

[RallyMo]

[gotbeer]

Angels stadium never looked so run down, and full of crime.

[fan_since79]

Anthem's website is a mess. Very difficult to log on tonight. When I finally got in I tried to change my password. No luck.

 

The hackers have my password and I'm sure it's easy for them to get in. The whole thing stinks. Anthem didn't even encrypt their data. That's unbelievable. All someone needed was an employee's access code, and 80 million records were there for the taking.

[deepdrive]

It's kind of funny that the people with bad credit and no insurance kind of have an advantage here.

[ELEVEN]

Thanks Obama

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Oh, and it does not surprise me one bit that health care got hacked.  Most of them are using software from 20 years ago.  

 

Health insurance companies are spending too much time and effort trying to figure out how to deny claims to spend any money on IT.