BankInfoSecurity reports:
Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Health System is notifying more than 5.5 million patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers, could have been stolen in a March hack. The incident, which is among several other recent major health data hacks, ranks as the largest health data breach reported to federal regulator so far this year.
Patient information potentially compromised in the incident varied by individual, but may have included demographic information, such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, race or ethnicity, as well as Social Security number, patient type and medical record number.
The health system declined to answer other questions from the news site about whether this was a ransomware attack, whether there was any encryption of files, and whether there had been any ransom demand. As of publication, no ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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