Bloomberg reports that investigators of the breach at Anthem are looking into whether the hack was part of a Chinese state-sponsored operation to steal personal information of specific groups of people. “The attack appears to follow a pattern of thefts of medical data by foreigners seeking a pathway into the personal lives and computers of a select group—defense contractors, government workers and others,” the report states. President Barack Obama’s chief advisor on cybersecurity, Michael Daniel, said his personal information was compromised in the hack. Los Angeles Times reports that on Thursday, Anthem shares fell less than one percent, and a separate report notes that a class-action lawsuit against the second largest health insurer in the U.S. is underway.
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