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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is the latest health insurer to be hit by a cyberattack, with information on approximately 1.1 million customers compromised. The breach took place on June 19, 2014, and was detected by the company, which took action to contain the damage, believing no member information had been accessed. It learned differently last month after retaining a security firm to access its information technology in the wake of attacks on other health insurers, CareFirst, which operates in Maryland, the District of Columbia and parts of Virginia, said Wednesday. The security firm, Mandiant, on April 21, 2015, discovered the attack likely resulted in unauthorized access to a database that stores information that members and others use to gain access to the company's website. Attackers potentially gained customer names, user names, birth dates, email addresses and subscriber identification numbers. The company doesn't believe attackers accessed member Social Security … [Read more...] about CareFirst now says cyberattack hit 1.1 million