<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://komonews.com/news/local/data-breach-at-community-health-plan-of-wash-exposes-380000-members">http://komonews.com/news/local/data-breach-at-community-health-plan-of-wash-exposes-380000-members</a><br><br>More than 380,000 current and former members of the Community Health
Plan of Washington may have had personal information stolen in a data
breach, officials confirmed.<br><p>The "data security incident"
began nearly a year ago, on Jan. 16, but the nonprofit health plan
service did not become aware of it until Nov. 7 and did not confirm it
until Nov. 30.</p><p>The organization waited until now to notify members
to allow time to hire a consumer security firm, line up translation
services and set up a call center for anxious members to contact. The
group says that, so far, there's no evidence of any harm to its members.</p><p>Letters were sent Wednesday to 381,534 people, notifying them of the breach.</p><p>A
statement released Wednesday by Community Health Plan says, "It appears
that names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and
certain coding information related to health care claims may have been
accessed. Banking and credit information was not contained in the data."</p><p>All
affected members are being offered free credit and identity monitoring
services for 12 months, along with dedicated resources for all
questions.</p><p>Health plan officials also notified the FBI and state regulators, including the Office of the Insurance Commissioner.</p><p>Community Health Plan of Washington provides health insurance through Medicaid.</p><br></div>