Northwestern Medicine
Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial HealthCare became a victim of Elekta’s recent data breach.
It exposed oncology patients’ protected health information (PHI) at nine Illinois hospitals.
An unauthorized individual gained access to its systems between April 2, 2021, and April 20, 2021, and, acquired a copy of the database that stores some oncology patient information.
The information compromised included patient names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical record numbers, and clinical information related to cancer treatment, such as medical histories, physician names, dates of service, treatment plans, diagnoses, and/or prescription information. Financial account and payment card information were not involved.
"id": "NOR21519123",
"linkid": "northwestern-medicine",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"