Posted on 07/10/2023 6:36:42 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Health-care giant says an unknown party made patient information available on an online forum
HCA Healthcare HCA - which operates about 180 hospitals and other health-care facilities, said some patient information, including names, emails and phone numbers, were leaked online.
The company said an unknown and unauthorized party made the information available on an online forum.
The information includes patients’ names, cities, ZIP codes, emails, phone numbers, service date and more. However, payment information, clinical information and other sensitive information such as social security numbers weren’t leaked.
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The company has disabled user access to the affected storage location as a containment measure and plans to contact affected patients.
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA said the incident “appears to be a theft from an external storage location exclusively used to automate the formatting of email messages.” The company said it has reported the incident to law enforcement and hired advisers to help investigate.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
This, in addition to large data breach from Dept. of HHS At least 100,000 could have had data exposed after US health department was hit by global cyberattack, reported June 29.
Basket’s rule: Every network will eventually be hacked.
Limit your exposure. Be tight with your info. I use an alternate DOB when they insist (unfortunately med providers need the real one for insurance billing).
Note the weasel wordage used, and that the article's author doesn't use the full name of the biz involved. Or discuss its corporate ownership or history...
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