SiliconAngle reports:
Hackers have stolen the personal data of more than 8.4 million patients from Welltok Inc., a Denver-based company that provides software for healthcare organizations.
Welltok first disclosed the breach in October without sharing the full details of the incident. On Wednesday, it revealed that the hackers had stolen information belonging to some 8,493,379 patients. The company detailed the scope of an incident in notice posted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website.
According to Welltok, the hackers gained access to affected patients’ names, email addresses, home addresses and telephone numbers. The breach also compromised some individuals’ Social Security numbers, Medicare and Medicaid ID numbers, and certain health insurance information.
Read more at SiliconAngle.
As DataBreaches.net reports, that number may not be the final total for the Welltok incident, as it may only represent Welltok clients who asked Welltok to report on their behalf. Other clients may be filing their own, separate, reports.
