Ransomware Attack Affects 500,000 Patients Largest Such Incident Listed So Far on the 'Wall of Shame' Marianne Kolbasuk McGee ( HealthInfoSec ) • June 26, 2017 0 Comments A ransomware attack on a provider of oxygen therapy and home medical equipment has resulted in the second largest health data breach posted on the federal tally so far this year. It's also the largest ransomware-related incident listed on the "wall of shame." See Also: Moving from Vulnerability Management to Effective Vulnerability Response Airway Oxygen , based in Grand Rapids, Mich., says in a statement that on April 18, its anti-virus software alerted IT employees that a ransomware attack was in progress against its systems. "An investigation revealed that the intruders had access to patient health information for approximately 550,000 current and past customers of Airway Oxygen," the compan...
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