Chinese Hackers Stole Info on 4.5 Million US Hospital Patients
August 18, 2014
Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals in 29 states, most of them in rural communities, said that it suffered a data breach affecting the personal information of some 4.5 million patients.
In a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it was attacked during April and June of 2014 by an “Advanced Persistent Threat” group believed to be operating out of China. Once it detected the attack, Community Health said it hired Mandiant, a unit of the security company FireEye, to investigate the incident.
Chinese Hackers Stole Info on 4.5 Million US Hospital Patients Foreign hackers hit Community Health Systems' computer network, take data on 4.5M patients (Modern Healthcare) Chinese hackers stole data of 4.5M patients (The Hill) Hospital network hacked, 4.5 million records stolen (CNNMoney)