ROANOKE (WSLS) - It is estimated three million customers in Virginia could be affected by the Anthem data breach. Companies locally are working with employees questioning if it will affect them.
"We've been pretty much notifying our employees as soon as we get updates through Anthem and want them to get the information human resources has," says Michele Vineyard, human resources director of city of Roanoke.
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About 1,600 Roanoke city employees are customers of Anthem. Vineyard says it's the first time she's had to deal with such a large data breach while working with the city.
"We've asked them to contact Anthem directly, because this is very personal information and the situation is different for every individual and I can't tell them if their information has been compromised," says Vineyard.
Roanoke County is going through a similar situation. There are about 3,000 policy holders who are employees with the county.
The president of the Better Business Bureau of Southwest Virginia says with so many people affected they have to take certain precautions.
She encourages people to put fraud alerts on credit reports or freeze their credit entirely.
Congressman Bob Goodlatte says this cyber attack is a big problem the country's leaders must stop.
"It's a matter of business responsibility and individual responsibility, but congress also has in setting these standards in taking action to track down the hackers and to bring them to justice," says Goodlatte.