A Second State Hits EmblemHealth With Breach Fine

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Case Involves Social Security Numbers Exposed in Mailings

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) •
December 14, 2018    

For the second time this year, health insurer EmblemHealth has been hit with a state financial penalty in connection with a 2016 breach that exposed Social Security numbers on mailings to more than 81,000 plan members.

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The New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal on Dec. 10 announced…