This week, CareFirst became the third major health insurance company in the USA to disclose a data breach which potentially compromised customer information. It's been reported that the attack could affect as many as 1.1 million of its customers but, according to CareFirst, the hackers did not gain access to sensitive financial or medical information such as social security numbers, credit card information or medical claims. They did, however, have access to names, email addresses and dates of birth. The company said the breach happened last June and described it as 'sophisticated'.
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