(Bloomberg) -- Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees.
A California woman on Thursday accused the health insurer of failing to properly secure and protect its customers’ personal information, including names, birth dates and social security numbers, and she seeks to represent all other customers affected by the massive data breach.
Anthem, the second-biggest U.S. health insurer by market value, said Wednesday that its computer system had been targeted in a sophisticated attack by hackers. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the breach, which people familiar with the matter say includes evidence that points to Chinese state-sponsored hackers.
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