Health plan, Premera Blue Cross, has suffered a cyber attack resulting in hackers gaining access to the financial and medical information of 11 million members. This follows a similar breach at Anthem, which compromised the information of nearly 80 million people. Premera is working with the FBI and cybersecurity firm, Mandiant, to investigate the incident and is offering members two years of free credit monitoring and identity protection services.
UnitedHealth hires cybersecurity veteran as new CISO
UnitedHealth Group has appointed Tim McKnight as its new chief information security officer (CISO), taking over from Steven Martin. The appointment follows criticism of UnitedHealth’s