Ascension suffered a ransomware attack on May 2021, resulting in a data breach that compromised personal information of 5,599,699 individuals. The incident was caused by a social engineering email that tricked an employee into downloading malware, allowing hackers to access Ascension’s data. Despite the breach of personal data, Ascension confirms that their Electronic Health Records (EHR) and other clinical systems were left untouched and no evidence suggests full patient records were stolen.
"id": "asc000122824",
"linkid": "ascensionorg",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"