Ascension’s Data Drama: When Patient Privacy Takes a Sick Day!
Ascension is notifying patients of a December 2024 data breach involving a former business partner. Personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, was accessed. Ascension offers two years of free identity monitoring to affected individuals but remains tight-lipped about the breach details, which may be linked to Clop ransomware attacks.
Hot Take:
Looks like Ascension is having a “Groundhog Day” moment. Different year, same cyber mess. If they keep this up, they might want to consider adding “data breach notifications” to their patient intake forms. At this point, even their IT team might need therapy—guess it’s time to ascend to better cybersecurity practices!
Key Points:
- Ascension, a major healthcare system, experienced another data breach, affecting patient and personal health information.
- The breach stemmed from a vulnerability in third-party software used by a former business partner.
- Information compromised includes personal identification details and sensitive health data.
- Ascension is offering two years of free identity monitoring services to affected individuals.
- The breach might be linked to Clop ransomware attacks exploiting a zero-day flaw in Cleo secure file transfer software.
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