Data Breach Disaster: 430,000 Patients’ Info Stolen in Healthcare Heist!
Allegheny Health Network and University Diagnostic Medical Imaging suffered data breaches in late 2024, exposing sensitive information of over 430,000 people. Despite the breach, the hackers remain as anonymous as your Secret Santa. Meanwhile, victims ponder whether free credit monitoring can truly compensate for a digital identity crisis.
Hot Take:
In the latest episode of “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” over 430,000 individuals have their personal and health information doing the cha-cha across the dark web thanks to data breaches at Allegheny Health Network and University Diagnostic Medical Imaging. It seems hackers have gone from stealing candy from babies to snatching up medical records faster than you can say “HIPAA violation.”
Key Points:
- Over 430,000 individuals had personal and health information compromised in breaches at AHN and UDMI.
- UDMI breach involved unauthorized access on November 26, impacting 138,080 individuals.
- AHN’s breach traced back to October 11, linked to third-party contractor IntraSystems, affecting 292,773 patients.
- Compromised data includes names, addresses, birthdates, and sensitive medical information.
- No specific hackers or ransomware groups have claimed responsibility for the breaches.
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