Ascension experienced a ransomware attack involving social engineering which resulted in the data of 5,599,699 individuals being affected. An employee was tricked into downloading malware, resulting in a data breach. Although there was no evidence that data was extracted from their Electronic Health Records (EHR) and other clinical systems where complete patient records are securely kept, personal information was involved and notifications to the affected individuals have been initiated.
"id": "asc000032225",
"linkid": "ascensionorg",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"