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Anthem, America's second biggest health insurer, HACKED: Millions hit by breach

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: Love it...

"But everything you need to obtain loans, credit cards, driving licenses, property and on-line payment services were compromised."

Yes, so as a sop to the affected people, they will offer 12 months "free" credit monitoring. What happens to the poor schmucks after 12 months when the stolen data is still just as valuable? What if the crims just sit on it for 12 months while the company says "well, it looks like the data may not have been stolen after all since there's no evidence of it being used" and even the majority of the affected people have forgotten about it? The stolen information is not the sort of data you can easily change.

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