ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A lawsuit seeking monetary damages has been filed against Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield because of a data
breach in December.
breach in December.
More than 80 million Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield records were hacked, and some people are already reporting identity theft.
Information including medical records, names, birthdays, social security numbers, street addresses, email addresses, employment information and income data were stolen from customers and employees.
numbers, street addresses, email addresses, employment information and income data were stolen from customers and employees.
Now comes a class action lawsuit seeking “monetary damages.”
action lawsuit seeking “monetary damages.”
Attorney Maureen Brady, with the Kansas City Law Firm McShane and Brady, told KMOX News the lawsuit was filed in St. Louis County because a substantial amount of the complaints occurred in St. Louis.
The lawsuit claims Anthem did not have adequate security to protect its customers.
KMOX attempted to contact Anthem’s nationaloffice. We were told to contact the main office in St. Louis.
. We were told to contact the main office in St. Louis.
At 4:30 Thursday afternoon, when we first received word of the lawsuit, a recorded voice said “you’ve reached us outside our normal hours of operation.”
Anthem has already provided credit monitoring for those affected.
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