NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Several U.S. states are investigating a massive cyberattack on No. 2 U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc that a person familiar with the matter said is being examined for possible ties to China.
Anthem disclosed the attack late Wednesday, saying unknown hackers had penetrated a database with some 80 million records. The insurer said it suspected they had stolen information belonging to tens of millions of current and former customers as well as employees.
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A representative for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declined to say whether he planned to work with Connecticut but noted his office had contacted Anthem to discuss protecting its customers in the wake of the data breach.
A representative with FireEye Inc, which was investigating the attack on behalf of Anthem, declined comment. (Reporting by Karen Freifeld. Additional reporting by Caroline Humer, Jim Finkle, Joseph Menn and Deena Beasley; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn, Steve Orlofsky and Ken Wills)
