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Beaumont Health notifies patients of Accellion breach

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Dissent

Friday, August 27, 2021

On February 5, 2021, Goodwin Procter LLP (“Goodwin”) notified Beaumont Health (“Beaumont”) of a security incident at Accellion, a third-party vendor whose File Transfer software was used by Goodwin for large file transfers on behalf of clients, including Beaumont. Goodwin received some personal and protected health information from Beaumont in connection with legal services provided to Beaumont by Goodwin.

The security incident at Accellion impacted the File Transfer software, which put a limited amount of patient information at risk.

Read more on Beaumont Health.

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