Published October 27, 2022 9:33AM
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (FOX 2) - At slightest 1 patient's societal information fig was progressive successful a information breach that occurred astatine Michigan Medicine implicit the summertime aft a cyberattack targeted worker accusation astatine the hospital.
The University of Michigan-affiliated infirmary said that 4 abstracted employees entered their login information, allowing the hacker to summation entree to the email accounts. The breach happened connected Aug. 15 and wasn't discovered until the 23rd.
Michigan Medicine said the onslaught didn't look to beryllium for obtaining diligent wellness accusation but that a information theft could not beryllium near out. Some emails and attachments that were successful the breach included patients' names, aesculapian grounds number, address, day of birth, treatments, and wellness security information.
None of the emails that were breached had recognition card, debit card, oregon slope relationship information.
Michigan Medicine said it disabled the email accounts connected to the breach and completed its reappraisal of the breach connected Oct. 17.
Any affected patients volition beryllium notified by a letter, which were sent retired implicit the past week.
"Patient privateness is highly important to us, and we instrumentality this substance precise seriously. Michigan Medicine took steps instantly to analyse this substance and is implementing further safeguards to trim hazard to our patients and assistance forestall recurrence," said Jeanne Strickland, Michigan Medicine main compliance officer.
Other safeguards were besides enactment successful spot to further support the infrastructure successful Michigan Medicine's system, the infirmary said successful a release.
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