Prestige Care reports data breach exposing patient data
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Prestige Care, Inc., a senior care provider headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, reported a data breach following the discovery of suspicious activity within its IT network that led to unauthorized access to patient data.
The breach was first detected on September 7, 2023, when Prestige Care identified unusual activity indicating that their computer systems had been compromised by malware, restricting access to certain network files.
The investigation was completed by by December 18, 2023 and confirmed that an unauthorized entity had accessed files containing sensitive. This incident led to the exposure of sensitive patient and employee information, including:
- names,
- Social Security numbers,
- dates of birth,
- medical information,
- health insurance details.
No details are disclosed about the nature of the attack or number of affected individuals.
Prestige Care has commenced the distribution of notification letters to the affected parties, detailing the specific data of theirs that was exposed.
