Henry Ford Health reports data breach exposing 168,000 patients
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Henry Ford Health has disclosed a data breach caused by an email phishing attack that occurred on March 30, 2023. The discovery of the breach was made on May 16 and the organization took action to secure the accounts and prevent further compromise.
It is not yet confirmed if the attackers accessed patient information contained in the affected emails. The potentially exposed data includes sensitive details of approximately 168,000 patients:
- names,
- gender,
- dates of birth,
- age,
- lab results,
- procedure types,
- diagnoses,
- service dates,
- telephone numbers,
- medical record numbers,
- internal tracking numbers.
Henry Ford Health is implementing additional security measures to bolster their defenses against future incidents. The organization is also providing further training to employees to raise awareness and improve their response to potential threats.
