[BreachExchange] UF Health admits patient data may have been compromised in ransomware attack

[Sophia Kingsbury]

https://www.villages-news.com/2021/07/31/uf-health-admits-patient-data-may-have-been-compromised-in-ransomware-attack/

Two months after a ransomware attack was launched on its computer systems,
UF Health-The Villages Hospital is admitting that patient data may have
been compromised.

The attack was discovered over the Memorial Day weekend at the hospital in
The Villages and its sister medical center in Leesburg. Although UF Health
initially shrugged it off as a “glitch,” the truth poured out through
accounts of patients and staff who described the nightmare which
accompanied the ransomware attack. One staffer described it as being back
in the “stone age.”

UF Health announced June 25 that the electronic medical record system was
back up and running, but indicated that patient data had remained safe and
secure.

However, UF Health released a statement Friday indicating that birthdates,
Social Security numbers and other personal data may have been exposed May
29-31. Patients who may have had their data compromised are being contacted
by the hospital. If you believe your data was compromised but don’t hear
from the hospital by Aug. 16, you should call the hospital at (833)
909-3926, weekdays only.
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