The largest known data breach attack on a pediatric care facility occurred a few months ago, exposing over 105,000 patients and employees to potential fraud. In result of the magnitude of this attack, the Boys Town Hospital has been added to HIPAA’s wall of shame, which is achieved by exposing more than 500 individuals via a cyber attack.
According to HIPAA, this is the 8th largest cyber attack on a healthcare organization JUST this year, which the Boys Town Hospital confirmed that this data breach was found on May 23rd after noticing unusual activity surrounding an employee’s email account. Additionally, this security breach resulted in the following exposures: names; dates of birth; Social Security numbers; diagnosis or treatment information; Medicare or Medicaid identification numbers; medical record numbers; billing/claims information; health insurance information; disability codes, birth or marriage certificate information; employer identification numbers; driver’s license numbers; passport information, banking or financial account numbers; and username and password.
In addition to hiring a forensic investigation firm, we can expect data breach attorneys and PR consultants to be hired, all billing at an hourly rate. Depending on their findings, notification and credit monitoring costs could follow.
Had Boys Town Hospital been protected with a cyber insurance policy, it’s likely that they would be covered for these expenses.
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