“Today The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Healthcare.gov, the federally operated health insurance marketplace, has suffered a data breach. Apparently it detected “anomalous system activity” in a tool that’s supposed to be used for brokers to help consumers get insurance coverage on October 13th, and declared the breach three days later.”
“The CMS reports that it believes files for as many as 75,000 people were accessed, however it did not say what information specifically may have been revealed. It said in a statement that “CMS followed standard and appropriate security and risk protocols for researching and…” Read the full article here.
Source: Healthcare.gov security breach leaks info for 75,000 people – By Richard Lawler, October 19, 2018. Engadget.
