Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-03-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A phishing email attack on Baltimore-based CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield may have comprised nearly 6,800 members' personal data. The insurer learned on March 12 that one of its employees fell victim to a phishing email that compromised his or her email account.