Norton Healthcare, which runs eight hospitals and more than 30 clinics in Kentucky and Indiana, has admitted crooks may have stolen 2.5 million people’s most sensitive data during a ransomware attack in May.
During the intrusion, the criminals accessed names, contact information, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, and may have included may have also included driver’s license and government ID numbers, financial account information, and digital signatures.
Health information, insurance information, and medical ID numbers belonging to former patients, employees, and employee dependents and beneficiaries was also at risk, according to a data breach disclosure filed with the Maine Attorney General’s office.
