Northern Light Health reports data breach | WGME
Northern Light Health reports data breach
by WGMEWednesday, September 16th 2020
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Mercy Hospital (WGME)
A Maine hospital says some patient information may have been stolen by hackers.
Northern Light Health says information from its fundraising arm was also exposed.
That's after a South Carolina company that provides cloud data storage was hit by a ransomware attack.
Maine utilities allowed to resume some disconnections on Nov. 1
That attack impacted other Maine organizations as well, include Life Flight of Maine, the Opportunity Alliance and Maine Cancer Foundation.
Northern Light Health says some contact information was stolen like patients’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and date of birth, but no banking or financial information.
Northern Light Health says it is working to review its existing policies and procedures regarding its third-party vendors and is working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future.
by WGMEWednesday, September 16th 2020
UserWay icon for accessibility widget
Mercy Hospital (WGME)
A Maine hospital says some patient information may have been stolen by hackers.
Northern Light Health says information from its fundraising arm was also exposed.
That's after a South Carolina company that provides cloud data storage was hit by a ransomware attack.
Maine utilities allowed to resume some disconnections on Nov. 1
That attack impacted other Maine organizations as well, include Life Flight of Maine, the Opportunity Alliance and Maine Cancer Foundation.
Northern Light Health says some contact information was stolen like patients’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and date of birth, but no banking or financial information.
Northern Light Health says it is working to review its existing policies and procedures regarding its third-party vendors and is working with Blackbaud to evaluate additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future.
