A breach affecting nearly 760 patients at St. Vincent Medical Group in Indiana is the latest example of a healthcare organization falling victim to an apparent upswing in phishing attacks targeting employees.
According to the healthcare provider, the employee email account subject to the phishing contained some personal health information for approximately 760 patients.
This is the third major health data breach since 2010 reported by St. Vincent Medical Group, a 20-hospital system that’s part of Ascension Health.
In a statement recently posted on its website, the healthcare provider says it learned on Dec. 3, 2014, that an employee’s email account user name and password had been compromised as a result of a phishing scheme.
The incident is listed on the Department of Health and Human Services’ “wall of shame” of health data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals.
FULL STORY HERE
The incident is listed on the Department of Health and Human Services’ “wall of shame” of health data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals.
FULL STORY HERE
