Source 1 | 2022-01-07
“-"The protected health information of nearly 80,000 patients of Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) may have been pawed over by cyber intruders following a cyberattack." -"FCI runs four clinics across Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights’ data breach site, the breach – reported on Dec. 27 – affected 79,943 people." -"FCI’s data breach notice (PDF) said that the healthcare organization first detected suspicious activity on its internal systems on Feb. 1, 2021. A subsequent investigation indicated that security systems had blocked attackers from accessing patient EMR (electronic medical records) systems. However, the intruder(s) managed to access administrative files and folders." -"The accessed files included some patients’ names, employer-assigned ID numbers, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, financial account information, payment card information, treatment information, diagnosis, treating/referring physicians, medical record number, medical billing/claims information, prescription/medication information, Medicare/Medicaid identification information, health insurance group numbers, health insurance subscriber numbers, patient account numbers, encounter numbers, ill health/retirement information, master patient index, occupational-health related information, other medical benefits and entitlements information, other medical ID numbers, patkeys/reason for absence, sickness certificate, usernames and passwords with PINs or account login information, and medical facilities associated with patient information."“
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