The healthcare insurance provider, Blue Shield of California, recently announced that their members may have been exposed to a data breach due to a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer platform. Earlier in the year, an unauthorized user had tapped into information in the MOVEit server and then took the server offline. After an investigation, it was discovered that this third party extracted data from the servers. One of their vendors indicated it was a victim of the data breach.

The insurer said that accessed information may include names, birth dates, addresses, Social Security numbers, group ID numbers, patient ID numbers and vision care diagnoses and treatment information. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page