--- description: It's the third Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurer targeted in recent years title: This Massive Healthcare Company Just Got Hacked image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt698bd2b97dd5b06b/6988510a2dce0104809e3d1a/185661595.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Massive Healthcare Company Just Got Hacked by [Benjamin Snyder](/author/benjamin-snyder/) ## Benjamin Snyder Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2015 8:19 PM CUT  Chet Burrell, chief executive officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, waits to go through security near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013\. Health insurance executives including WellPoint Inc. Chief Executive Officer Joseph Swedish will meet with top White House officials today as President Barack Obama seeks to contain political damage over the rollout of online enrollment for his health-care expansion. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Chet Burrell, chief executive officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, waits to go through security near the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013\. Health insurance executives including WellPoint Inc. Chief Executive Officer Joseph Swedish will meet with top White House officials today as President Barack Obama seeks to contain political damage over the rollout of online enrollment for his health-care expansion. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Benjamin Snyder](/author/benjamin-snyder/) ## Benjamin Snyder Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 20, 2015 8:19 PM CUT Hackers have targeted yet another healthcare company. CareFirst Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a healthcare insurer that provides service for residents in Maryland, Washington and parts of Virginia, said Wednesday that it’s suffered a cyberattacking compromising the records of 1.1 million customers. _Modern Healthcare_ [reported](http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150520/NEWS/150529986/breaking-insurer-carefirst-says-1-1-million-affected-in-cyberattack "undefined") Wednesday that hackers compromised a company database last year and could have accessed member usernames, names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and identification numbers. Social security numbers, financial records, passwords and credit card numbers were reportedly not accessed, CareFirst said in a statement. The [security firm Mandiant](http://fortune.com/2014/01/02/talking-with-kevin-mandia-whose-cyber-security-company-was-just-bought-for-1-billion/ "undefined") discovered the attack occurred in June of last year and was hired to examine the company after hackers targeted other healthcare insurers in recent days, including Premera Blue Cross and Anthem. According to the article, “CareFirst is the third Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurer to acknowledge a cyberattack this year, following record-breaking hacks at Premera and Anthem, which affected 11 million people and 80 million people, respectively.” “We deeply regret the concern this attack may cause,” said CareFirst CEO Chet Burrell in a statement. “We are making sure those affected understand the extent of the attack—and what information was and was not affected.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3891451/healthcare-hack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3891451/healthcare-hack/"},"headline":"This Massive Healthcare Company Just Got Hacked","datePublished":"2015-05-20T20:19:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:25.991Z","description":"It's the third Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurer targeted in recent years","url":"https://time.com/3891451/healthcare-hack/","keywords":["Tech","Healthcare","hackers","health","cybersecurity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt698bd2b97dd5b06b/6988510a2dce0104809e3d1a/185661595.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-snyder/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt698bd2b97dd5b06b/6988510a2dce0104809e3d1a/185661595.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Insurer CEOs Head to White House to Discuss Obamacare Woes","caption":"Insurer CEOs Head to White House to Discuss Obamacare Woes","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3891451/healthcare-hack/","name":"This Massive Healthcare Company Just Got Hacked"}}]}] ```