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Coding, Billing & Collections
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Hack May Impact 10M:
5 Things to Know
By Megan Wood
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield discovered a data breach in its systems, dating back to 2013.
Here are five things to know:
1. e breach affected more than 10 million people, most in upstate New York.
2. Subscribers of affiliates, Lifetime Benefit Solutions, Lifetime Care, Lifetime Health Medical
Group, e MedAmerica Companies and Univera Healthcare may also have been affected.
3. Although Excellus realized the hack in August, the hacking began about two years ago.
4. e company stated subscribers' names, birthdays, Social Security number, financial account
information and claims information may have all been compromised.
5. Keller Rohrback, a complex litigation group in New York representing clients affected by data
breaches, is looking into the hacking.
"Given the highly confidential and personal nature of medical information, healthcare consumers
have a right to expect that their information will be kept safe from criminals who can use this data
to commit identity theft and fraud," said Cari Laufenberg, a member of Keller Rohrback's litigation
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