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Ascension cyberattack exposed personal data of 5.6 million people

Posted on December 21, 2024 by Dissent

Sarah Volpenhein reports:

Nearly 5.6 million people were affected in the ransomware attack that hit Ascension in May, the national health system now says.

Until now, the health system had not publicly disclosed the total number of people affected by the May ransomware attack that compromised patient data and ultimately caused major disruptions to patient care for more than a month, including at Ascension hospitals and clinics in Wisconsin.

As recently as Thursday morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ online list of data breaches reported only 500 people as having been affected by the cyberattack on Ascension. But as of Friday, the number had been updated to nearly 5.6 million people.

Read more at MSN.

 

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