[BreachExchange] Massachusetts hospital says data breach exposed information about 12K patients

[Destry Winant]

https://whdh.com/news/massachusetts-hospital-says-data-breach-exposed-information-about-12k-patients/

A Massachusetts hospital says a data breach exposed information about
some 12,000 patients.

Baystate Health of Springfield said Monday that a phishing incident
resulted in unauthorized access to the email accounts of several
employees between Feb. 7 and March 7.

The hospital says the accounts included patient names and dates of
birth, certain health information and, in some cases, Medicare or
Social Security numbers.

Baystate says it has received no indication that any of the patient
information was misused. But they are urging patients that were
affected by the breach to review statements from their providers and
insurers to ensure they were not billed for services that they did not
receive.

The hospital is also offering some patients one year of free credit
monitoring and identity protection.