According to sources, Lake County Health Department (a Medical organization in Illinois) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-07-18.

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Source 1  |  2021-07-18

Lake County Health Department announces two data breaches impacting nearly 25,000 patients

“-" The Lake County Health Department announced two data breaches, one of which occurred in 2019, that compromised the data of almost 25,000 people." -"that the first breach, which was disclosed earlier this month, occurred after an unencrypted email was sent to an internal employee’s personal email address." -"The spreadsheet consisted of medical records requests from December 2016 to June 2019 made through a third-party vendor who provides release of information services.24,241 people were impacted and the health department mailed them a letter on July 2 notifying them of the breach." -"The second breach involved an unencrypted Google spreadsheet used by volunteers and staff, The spreadsheet contained names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses and vaccination status of seniors seeking information on the COVID-19 vaccine," -"705 people were impacted in the second breach and the health department has since notified them via mail about what happened." -"The health department determined no one’s personal health information was compromised in the first breach but federal authorities disagreed and said the information could have been compromised" “

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