Fresenius Medical Care North America

Fresenius Medical Care of North America (FMCNA) suffered a data breach incident after a USB drive with patient information went missing from their Robinwood Dialysis Center in Hagerstown, Maryland.

The drive had been attached to a computer in the dialysis centre and the information on the drive included the patient’s name plus one or more of the following: Social Security number, Insurance account number, phone number, address, information about insurance payments, information about the patient’s ability to pay.

Patients were offered free credit monitoring to the affected individuals.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/fresenius-medical-care-notifies-dialysis-patients-of-missing-usb-drive/

"id": "FRE183213123",
"linkid": "fresenius-medical-care",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "02/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"