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Medical data, cybercriminals’ holy grail, now espionage target

June 5, 2015 creative checks-dating, credit-card, cyber-threat, latest, linked-the-opm, officials-said, personal-data, personnel-management, premera-blue, senate-intelligence, usa

By Jeremy Wagstaff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Whoever was behind the latest theft of personal data from U.S.

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Chinese Embassy says accusations over U.S. data breach ‘not responsible’

June 5, 2015 publisher across-borders, chinese, chinese-embassy, cyber-threat, embassy, linked-the-opm, officials-said, premera-blue, usa

The Chinese Embassy in Washington, responding to reports that China was behind a massive cyberattack on U.S. government computers, said on Thursday that jumping to conclusions was “not responsible, and counterproductive.” Embassy spokesman Zhu Haiquan said China had made great efforts to combat cyberattacks and that tracking such events conducted across borders was difficult. “Jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusation is not responsible, and counterproductive,” Zhu said in emailed comments to Reuters.

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Premera Blue Cross breached, medical information exposed

March 17, 2015 publisher 170-million, chief-executive, data, involved-larger, known-as-tiny, louis-hanoian, motion, patient-medical, people, premera-blue, satya-nadella

By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – Health insurer Premera Blue Cross said on Tuesday it was a victim of a cyberattack that may have exposed medical data and financial information of 11 million customers in the latest serious breach disclosed by a healthcare company.