US health insurer Anthem hit by massive cyberattack

Hackers have stolen personal information relating to current and former customers and staff of number two US health insurer Anthem, after breaching an IT system containing data on up to 80 million people, the company said late on Wednesday (4 February). Anthem, which has nearly 40 million customers in the United States, said it had reported the attack to the FBI, and cyber-security firm FireEye said it had been hired to help Anthem investigate the attack. Anthem said in a statement that names, b