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Connecticut receives $3.8M in settlement over ‘massive’ Anthem data breach

The state is set to receive $3.9 million as part of a multistate lawsuit filed against Anthem following a “massive” data breach in 2014, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced Wednesday.

Connecticut led a 43-state suit against the insurer, Tong said, and a settlement was recently reached between those states and the company.

“Connecticut led the multistate investigation into Anthem’s 2014 data breach, culminating today in a $39.5 million multistate settlement," Tong said, in a written statement. “Nearly half of all of Connecticut residents were impacted by this massive breach, involving some of our most personal information, including Social Security numbers, phone numbers, healthcare identification numbers, addresses, and more.