“The interesting thing about the Anthem breach is that the badguys are looking for new places to find data, such as medicalinformation,” says Claire Terrell, vice president, marketing, forLegal Shield in Dallas.

The Anthem and Sony attacks demonstrate that cyber thieves arebroadening their targets, says Nick Rockwell, director of benefitsolutions, for LifeLock in Tempe, Arizona.

“Medical ID theft is a topic of great concern,” he says.“Obviously, a credit card breach is a bad thing, but you can haveit stopped. But if your Social Security number and medical ID arestolen, it can follow you around for a long time.”

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