Atrium Wake Forest Baptist reports data breach affecting patient records
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist reported on Friday that they experienced a data breach, potentially impacting an unspecified number of patients. The breach took place between April 18 and April 20 and involved the unauthorized access to an employee's email account through a phishing attack.
The breach could have affected patients whose medical and other personal data were stored in the employee's files.
It's important to note that Baptist's electronic medical record systems are separate from their email system and were not impacted by this breach. Upon discovering the phishing incident on April 20, Baptist took immediate action to secure the compromised email account.
Further investigation confirmed that the unauthorized third party did not gain access to any additional employee emails.
Potentially accessed information includes:
- patient names,
- dates of birth,
- Social Security numbers,
- hospital account record numbers,
- health insurance details,
- information related to treatment costs and clinical services
Baptist is sending notification letters by mail to patients whose personal information may have been exposed. Additionally, individuals whose Social Security numbers were involved in the breach are being offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services.
