CareFirst breached again, notifying 6,800 members of phishing attack

Healthcare IT News: A phishing attack on CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has potentially breached the personal data of 6,800 patients, the Baltimore-based insurer announced on Friday.

On March 12, CareFirst officials discovered an employee had fallen victim to a phishing email, which compromised their account. While the hacker appears to have only used the account to send spam messages to an email account, officials couldn’t rule out unauthorized access by the hacker.

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