Employee error exposed data of 16,000 Blue Cross patients online for 3 months

An employee uploaded a file containing member information to a public-facing website in April, but officials did not discover the error until July. Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross is notifying 16,762 patients -- about 1 percent of its members -- that their data was exposed online for a number of months, due to an employee uploading a member file online.Independence Blue Cross Privacy Office was notified on July 19 that member information was accessible online to the public. After an investigation...