Anyone who received treatment in a CHS-operated hospital over the last five years is affected by the breach. However, patients who were merely referred to one of the company’s hospitals during that time period are also impacted. The hackers stole names, Social Security numbers, physical address, birthdays and telephone numbers in two attacks this spring. It does not include credit card, medical or clinical information, the Wall Street Journal reported .... http://rt.com/usa
Monday, August 18, 2014
Hackers steal 4.5 million patient records from multi-state hospital network
About 4.5 million patients at any of the 206 Community Health Systems-operated hospitals around the United States have had their records stolen by hackers, the company announced Monday. The stolen data includes very sensitive information.
Anyone who received treatment in a CHS-operated hospital over the last five years is affected by the breach. However, patients who were merely referred to one of the company’s hospitals during that time period are also impacted. The hackers stole names, Social Security numbers, physical address, birthdays and telephone numbers in two attacks this spring. It does not include credit card, medical or clinical information, the Wall Street Journal reported .... http://rt.com/usa
Anyone who received treatment in a CHS-operated hospital over the last five years is affected by the breach. However, patients who were merely referred to one of the company’s hospitals during that time period are also impacted. The hackers stole names, Social Security numbers, physical address, birthdays and telephone numbers in two attacks this spring. It does not include credit card, medical or clinical information, the Wall Street Journal reported .... http://rt.com/usa
