Anthem hacked

I don't think there's much more you can do, other than what you're already doing. I did hear that Anthem will give you 2 years of ID theft protection, but I don't know much about it ..... keep yer eyes open, I guess ............... Not too worried about it myself, nobody wants to be me .....................................

I came across this when I was reading about the anthem hack, I don't know how helpful it might be but take a look as you may have already read it: http://www.howtogeek.com/209396/how-to-prevent-identity-thieves-from-opening-accounts-in-your-name/

I've had my credit card info stolen twice, and in both instances my bank contacted me and we worked out a change of card and number immediately. In canada the real difference is that the actual bank (in most cases) is responsible for the fraud to the account, so they have to swallow the debt, which makes them frontrunners in identity/credit theft protection Don't think its the same in the states.

One of the things the bank advised was to have a credit card just for buying or transacting business online, with a very low amount of credit. In case of theft, and its worked, the two hacks of my credit card were for larger amounts than this card allowed for. So, the transactions were caught immediately and stop payments were issued right away.

I got the letter from Amthem the same day I was told by the IRS my return had been flagged. Imagine my surprise because I hadn't filed yet. I've been hacked!

Not too bad yet. Just the IRS so far. All accounts have been flagged and passwords changed. Filling out the police report tomorrow.

Anybody else go through this?

I am uncertain about policies with US banks. But I can tell you that most fine print of Canadian bank accounts stipulates that, provided you advise of discrepancies ASAP, they will refund whatever you have lost (my dad got phished and they returned his $8000).

Your local police will not investigate this (unfortunately). But financial institutions like a police file number as their insurance companies sometimes require it.

I can speak about one thing for certain: cyber financial crimes are more lucrative than the entire drug trade of the world. And you're nearly untouchable if you're able to pull off a stunt like this. It is, and will always be, cat and the mouse when it comes to IT technology. I know that some people have begun using PAPER formats and typewriters again. Why? When things were kept in paper format ONLY, there was no breach of information. Everything in life is a cycle....

Andrew

I'm not so much worried about the next six months but the fact my social is now on a Russia/Chinese/Korean hard drive.

I got the letter from anthem, gotta follow up on it.

Infuriating at the least. It would be one thing if I vendor I chose to deal with had a breach.

But it happened to be a health care provider that the government forced me to sign on with and turn my information over to who let this happen.

My two favorite things. Govt. + Insurance = ID theft.

Anthem will give you two years of monitoring, BUT, you have to pursue it beyond the first step to get it.

Initially they give you a code to use any time over the next two years with the credit company. The code will give you free credit rebuild AFTER you've discovered you've been comprised.

In small print they tell you that if you wish you may contact the company now for their "pro" plan which includes monitoring for two whole years.

I called this way back when it became clear that the ACA was gonna pass. I told my wife, "next big I'd theft will be a health insurer, huge flood of new data coming in, someone will figure out how to get it" Just happened to be he company with MY data on file.

http://m.wmur.com/money/premera-hea...n=wmur9&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

Didn't realize there was another big hack that appears to have preceded the anthem hack. Im thinking that annoys me even more. They should've bullet proofed the system once they saw a fellow insurer get hacked.

If I hear someone is stealing from job sites, we go above and beyond to secure our site and make sure if we get hit that there's nothing of value for them to take.

Two weeks into it and it seems like the tax refund was the only hit. We'll have to wait for 8 months for it but we aren't one of the happy households that look forward to a second Christmas anyhow. Every year I tell my sister (who has worked under the table for the past 30 yrs) the same joke: "Hmmm...I write the IRS a check for 6 grand and you get a check for 6 grand.". No, its not funny, only hurts when she laughs.
So far the most helpful has been the IRS. No joke. Everyone else regardless if they are public or private has been indifferent. "Yeah, not much we can do.". I may have got lucky, but the woman from the IRS straightened me out in about 2 minutes and gave me a plan of attack. Come to think of it, they've always been helpful, but I don't cheat (much).