Harrisburg Medical Center reports data breach, impacting 147k individuals
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The Harrisburg Medical Center, part of Southern Illinois Healthcare, reported a data breach dentified when unauthorized access to their computer network was discovered. On December 23, 2022, unusual activities were detected in their computer systems. In response, the Center engaged law enforcement and cybersecurity experts for a thorough investigation.
This investigation revealed that between December 19 and December 23, 2022, an unauthorized entity accessed and obtained sensitive patient documents. Following this discovery, Harrisburg Medical Center reviewed the affected files to ascertain the extent of the leak and identify the impacted consumers, completing this review by August 24, 2023.
The breach led to potential exposure of personal information of consumers, including:
- names,
- Social Security numbers,
- birth dates,
- medical and prescription details,
- insurance data,
- driver's license/state ID numbers,
- digital/electronic signatures,
- financial account numbers.
As of December 12, 2023, over 147,00 affected individuals have been sent letters detailing the specific data compromised in this incident. No details are disclosed about the nature of the attack nor why it took so long to notify the public about the breach.
