2.2 Million patient names, SSNs, diagnosis/treatments, and insurance information hacked – copied and transferred. Notifications were sent to past/current patients if 21st Century Oncology, Florida-based healthcare provider, (across 145 cancer treatment centers in the U.S. and 36 in Latin America). Of course credit monitoring was offered as a result. Notification came from the FBI of the data loss and after the company hired investigators, revealed hackers accessed the database in October 3, 2015 but we’re authorized to publically notify till March 4, 2016. Questions remain unanswered (or to be published) by why weren’t 21st Century Oncology security and systems altered of the issue beforehand? And not to confuse it with the 34 Million Fraud case...
This is coming off the heels of a settlement (unrelated) of St. Joseph Health patients to receive $242 (and plaintiffs can apply up to $25K for suffered identity theft losses) based on a 2012 data breach. Of course attorney fees/costs mounted to $7.5 Million. St. Joseph also spent more than $17 Million on added security systems and $4.5 Million on credit monitoring fees for patients.
Details: businesswire.com
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