Michigans McLaren Health Care confirms ransomware attack
pA 14hospital system in Michigan said it is investigating reports that millions of its patients data may be available on the dark web following a security breach that reportedly affected its computer systems early last monthppIn statements posted online late last week a ransomware group said it successfully stole over six terabytes of data from one of Michigans largest healthcare companies with threats to publish if our proposal is ignoredpp
ppA followup message the next day specifically named McLaren Health Care and suggested that the sensitive data of 25 million of their patients could be at riskppIn a statement McLaren Health Care confirmed it had detected suspicious activity on its computer network that was later determined to be a ransomware event The Grand Blanc Michiganbased organization had brought down its computer network at 14 of its locations in early September when the Detroit Free Press reported that some employees were forced to communicate via personal phonesppA representative of McLaren told Fierce Healthcare that the system had immediately launched a comprehensive investigation of the suspicious activity during which it retained leading global cybersecurity specialists and communicated with law enforcementppThe system said it has since taken other measures to further strengthen our cybersecurity posture and head off any disruptions to patients and communities it servespp
ppWe are investigating reports that some of our data may be available on the dark web and will notify individuals whose information was impacted if any as soon as possible the system said in a statement We want to assure our patients and the communities we serve that our systems remain operational and we continue to provide the exceptional care for which we are knownppMcLaren Health Care operates 3412 licensed beds employs about 17000 people fulltime and covers more than 730000 lives across its health maintenance organization plans according to its website It reported nearly 64 billion in net revenue during 2022ppCybersecurity breaches ran healthcare organizations an average of 101 million per incident during 2022 a 94 increase over 2021 thats well above what other sectors of the economy are forced to spendpp2023 has already claimed a handful of highprofile hospital breaches Major forprofit hospital chain HCA Healthcare disclosed in July an 11 millionpatient data breach though it said during a recent earnings call that it does not expect the breach to have a material impact on its businessppAnother attack that kicked off in early August forced Prospect Medical Holdings affiliate systems to take some computer systems offline and limit certain services Reports during the subsequent weeks suggested lingering system disruptions while multiple filings with state attorneys general submitted on Friday outlined personal data exposures for thousands of its employees and their dependentsp
ppA followup message the next day specifically named McLaren Health Care and suggested that the sensitive data of 25 million of their patients could be at riskppIn a statement McLaren Health Care confirmed it had detected suspicious activity on its computer network that was later determined to be a ransomware event The Grand Blanc Michiganbased organization had brought down its computer network at 14 of its locations in early September when the Detroit Free Press reported that some employees were forced to communicate via personal phonesppA representative of McLaren told Fierce Healthcare that the system had immediately launched a comprehensive investigation of the suspicious activity during which it retained leading global cybersecurity specialists and communicated with law enforcementppThe system said it has since taken other measures to further strengthen our cybersecurity posture and head off any disruptions to patients and communities it servespp
ppWe are investigating reports that some of our data may be available on the dark web and will notify individuals whose information was impacted if any as soon as possible the system said in a statement We want to assure our patients and the communities we serve that our systems remain operational and we continue to provide the exceptional care for which we are knownppMcLaren Health Care operates 3412 licensed beds employs about 17000 people fulltime and covers more than 730000 lives across its health maintenance organization plans according to its website It reported nearly 64 billion in net revenue during 2022ppCybersecurity breaches ran healthcare organizations an average of 101 million per incident during 2022 a 94 increase over 2021 thats well above what other sectors of the economy are forced to spendpp2023 has already claimed a handful of highprofile hospital breaches Major forprofit hospital chain HCA Healthcare disclosed in July an 11 millionpatient data breach though it said during a recent earnings call that it does not expect the breach to have a material impact on its businessppAnother attack that kicked off in early August forced Prospect Medical Holdings affiliate systems to take some computer systems offline and limit certain services Reports during the subsequent weeks suggested lingering system disruptions while multiple filings with state attorneys general submitted on Friday outlined personal data exposures for thousands of its employees and their dependentsp
