A Worcester, Mass., healthcare community says somebody hacked into its worker e mail system, doubtlessly exposing the non-public info of hundreds of sufferers.
UMass Memorial Well being notified sufferers earlier this month if their info was concerned within the breach, which occurred between June 2020 and January. The private information included Social Safety numbers, insurance coverage info and medical info, The Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday.
Greater than 200,000 sufferers and well being plan individuals may have been affected by the breach, based on a federal database of cybersecurity incidents at medical amenities.
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The hospital says it has investigated the incident however couldn’t decide how a lot of the non-public info could have been stolen.
Affected sufferers will obtain free credit score monitoring and information safety help.
