Medical identity theft is fastest-growing identity crime in the US

By now, most people are aware of the consequences that data breaches create by exposing personal information, including credit card fraud or tax fraud. However, until recently, medical identity theft, the fastest-growing identity crime in the country impacting more than 2.3 million Americans, has mostly flown under the radar. In February, Anthem, the nation's second-largest health insurer, announced that its systems had been the target of a sophisticated external cyber attack. This attack, one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history, impacted one in three Missourians, according to state officials.