Ransomware attack on DaVita exposes data from 2.7M

Dive Brief:

Data from 2.7 million people were exposed after a ransomware attack on kidney care provider DaVita this spring, according to a report to federal regulators .

DaVita determined in April that an unauthorized user had gained access to its servers. Later that month, the attacker posted leaked data it claimed to have stolen from DaVita. The kidney care provider was able to obtain that information in June, which included sensitive personal information from its dialysis labs database.

The data breach is one of the largest healthcare incidents reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights this year, following breaches at Yale New Haven Health , UnitedHealth-owned healthcare services firm Episource and Blue Shield of California .

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