[BreachExchange] US medical firm announces data breach

[Destry Winant]

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/cyber/us-medical-firm-announces-data-breach-165317.aspx

EmCare has announced it has suffered a data breach which exposed the
personal information of tens of thousands of patients

The physician-staffing company said in a statement that an
unauthorized party managed to gain access to patient information
through employee email accounts.

The company learned on February 19 that the breach exposed names dates
or birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers for some of the
patients, as well employees and contractors working with EmCare.

A representative for EmCare said in a public release that the breached
employee email accounts contained personal information on fewer than
60,000 people. Of that number, about 31,000 were patients.

EmCare also revealed that it does not know if the personal information
was taken and has said there’s no indication that the data was used
for fraud and/or identity theft.

The Associated Press reported that EmCare had arranged for identity
protection, as well as credit monitoring services, for patients and
employees whose Social Security and/or license numbers were exposed.