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Miracle-Ear reports privacy breach of nearly 600 patients

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Dissent

Jackie Crosby reports:

Plymouth-based hearing aid company Miracle-Ear is reporting that excerpts of 554 patient records were compromised in a security breach to its e-mail system.

The incident occurred Oct. 24, when “an unknown and unauthorized intruder” gained access to the e-mail account of an employee of parent company Amplifon, which handles the accounts and administrative work for subsidiaries such as Miracle-Ear, according to a company statement faxed to the media Thursday.

The privacy break was discovered the next morning. Officials said they didn’t know if the intruder accessed patient records.

Read more on StarTribune.

Thanks to @fanCRTCProfling for making us aware of this one. 

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