Liberty Hospital reports cyberattack, possible data breach
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Liberty Hospital a comprehensive healthcare facility located in Liberty, Missouri is reporting a significant cybersecurity breach in December. On December 18 and 19, unauthorized access to the hospital's network was detected, prompting an ongoing investigation.
This cyberattack, identified as a ransomware attack, severely disrupted Liberty Hospital's operations, compelling the facility to temporarily suspend its online services, cancel appointments, and divert patients to alternate medical centers for several days.
The attack could caused compromise of patient-sensitive information. The data at risk includes:
- patient names,
- medical and treatment information,
- patient demographic details,
- contact details
- birth dates.
No details are disclosed about the number of affected individuals.
In response to this incident, Liberty Hospital has committed to notifying individuals potentially affected by the breach, for whom it has mailing addresses, upon the conclusion of its investigation. Consumers are also reminded of their right to place a fraud alert on their credit reports, free of charge, as a precautionary measure.
Update - Liberty Hospital,confirmed the data breach to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights on February 8th, 2024.
