Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Private information about millions of americans is in the hands of cyber thieves tonight. They broke into a database at this countrys second Largest Health insurancer. Its called anthem, and it runs Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in more than a dozen states. The company says that database contains 80 million records including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. A gold mine for identity thieves and con artists. It is not known if the hackers got Health Records. Kris van cleave begins our coverage. Reporter anthem was one of thousands of Health Care Companies warned twice last year by the f. B. I. That their industry was particularly vulnerable to hackers. In 2014, there were 42 Cyber Attacks targeting health providers, compared to just five in 2010. In this document, the f. B. I. Cited the industrys lack cybersecurity standards and said they were being targeted for a list of reason
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Private information about millions of americans is in the hands of cyber thieves tonight. They broke into a database at this countrys second Largest Health insurancer. Its called anthem, and it runs Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in more than a dozen states. The company says that database contains 80 million records including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. A gold mine for identity thieves and con artists. It is not known if the hackers got Health Records. Kris van cleave begins our coverage. Reporter anthem was one of thousands of Health Care Companies warned twice last year by the f. B. I. That their industry was particularly vulnerable to hackers. In 2014, there were 42 Cyber Attacks targeting health providers, compared to just five in 2010. In this document, the f. B. I. Cited the industrys lack cybersecurity standards and said they were being targeted for a list of reason