Ransomware crooks steal 3m+ patients' medical records, personal info
by the US Department of Justice for allegedly misplacing"hundreds of thousands" of prescription opioids, confirmed a limited breach of its systems on Friday.
"AmerisourceBergen's internal investigation quickly identified that a subsidiary's IT system was compromised," it said."We immediately engaged the appropriate teams to limit the intrusion, contained the disruption and took precautionary measures to ensure all systems were and are now clear of any intrusions."
Extortionists stole, among other things, from the medical groups: patients' names, social security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnosis and treatment information, laboratory test results, prescription data, radiology reports, health plan member numbers, and phone numbers.the database breach, it affected 3,300,638 people.
"Regal is taking steps to notify potentially impacted individuals of this breach to ensure transparency," the company's notification stated, adding it notified law enforcement and regulatory agencies about the ransomware attack.'s questions, including who is responsible for the attack and how they gained entry, how much money the crooks demanded and whether the health network paid the ransom.
As is typically the case in these types of incidents, the medical groups say they will pay for affected customers to receive one year of Norton LifeLock credit monitoring. They also urged patients to register a fraud alert with various credit bureaus, and closely monitor account statements as well as explanation of benefit forms.
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