Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee to explain data breach

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee customers will be receiving an explanation of the data breach incident, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.


This week, BCBS will provide updated data to the public on exactly how many customers were exposed when 57 hard drives were pilfered in October from a storage closet at the insurer’s Eastgate Town Center branch, said company spokeswoman Mary Thompson.

‘We’ve reach a critical mass with our analysis of the information, and this week we think we can update the public,” Ms. Thompson said. “We’re going to be doing a really full breakdown of how many were potentially exposed.’”

BCBS goes on further to say that the data on the hard drives was “scrambled” in way that would make it difficult for others to access it. It remains to be see what “scrambled” really means.

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