Connecticut lawmakers are announcing consumer privacy legislation Wednesday afternoon after Anthem was hacked a few days ago raising concerns that personal information was compromised.
But legislators have another concern beyond the hack – many of them say it's taken the major health insurance company too long to contact customers as more than a million people in the state wait to find out if their information was stolen.
Any compromised personal information could make customers vulnerable to scammers filing false tax returns in their names to access refunds fraudulently. So, state officials are urging Anthem customers to file taxes right away.
