UCLA Health Suffers Criminal Cyberattack
UCLA Health was the victim of a criminal cyberattack last year that may have resulted in hackers obtaining personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, Medicare or health plan ID numbers and some…
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medical information for patients, it said in a statement Friday. “While the attackers accessed parts of the computer network that contain personal and medical information, UCLA Health has no evidence at this time that the cyber attacker actually accessed or acquired any individual’s personal or medical information.” Data for 4.5 million individuals may have been involved in the attack that is believed to have occurred in September, it said. UCLA Health is working with the FBI and private computer forensic experts to “further secure information on network servers,” it said. Hospital System President James Atkinson said UCLA Health takes the attack “extremely seriously” and has “taken significant steps to further protect data and strengthen our network against another cyber attack.”