Breach costs Premera Blue Cross $6.85M; second-largest HIPAA fine
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Kyle Brasseur2020-09-28T21:24:00
Premera Blue Cross has agreed to pay $6.85 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding a 2014 data breach that affected the personal and health plan information of over 10.4 million people.
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