# Excellus BCBS/Univera/Lifetime Health Data Breach

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 10, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995 "2015-09-10T07:09:59Z")
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### Author: ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995/1 "2015-09-10T07:09:59Z")

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Excellus who operates BCBS in Rochester Area, Univera here in Buffalo and the Lifetime Health System reported they had a data breach. They are going to offer two years Identity Theft Protection to those affected.

[http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150909/NEWS/150909880](http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150909/NEWS/150909880)

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### Author: ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995/2 "2015-09-10T07:19:31Z")

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They got hacked in 2013 and just found out 🙂

At least they called Mandiant so they can call it “advanced” and blame China

The hilarious thing is identify protection someone stole your SSN which you have for life but here is 2 years of monitoring.

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### Author: ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995/3 "2015-09-10T08:29:16Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> They got hacked in 2013 and just found out 🙂
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> At least they called Mandiant so they can call it “advanced” and blame China
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> The hilarious thing is identify protection someone stole your SSN which you have for life but here is 2 years of monitoring.

We just need a good breach every 1-2 years, identity protection for life.

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### Author: ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995/4 "2015-09-11T06:48:03Z")

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> [@TradersBASE](#):
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> We just need a good breach every 1-2 months, identity protection for life.

LMFTFY

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### Author: ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995/5 "2015-09-11T06:55:14Z")

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Fuck

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### Author: ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excellus-bcbs-univera-lifetime-health-data-breach/272995/6 "2015-09-14T06:34:28Z")

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Credit freezes are your friend :tup: