Migliaccio & Rathod LLP is involved in the Hospital Sisters Health System Data Breach Investigation, regarding a breach that impacted approximately 882,782 individuals and their personal information.
On August 27, 2023, Hospital Sisters Health System (“HSHS“) discovered an unauthorized party’s presence in its computer network. HSHS subsequent investigation confirmed a cybercriminal had stolen the files containing the personally identifiable information of HSHS patients stored therein from August 16, 2023, through August 27, 2023. Specifically, the compromised information includes, but is not limited to, the following sensitive data:
- full names
- dates of birth
- physical addresses
- Social Security numbers
- medical record numbers
- treatment information
- health insurance information
- driver’s license numbers
Hospital Sisters Health System Data Breach
HSHS recently provided notice of the data breach to its website. All of the information stolen is likely valuable and dangerous to affected victims. As is likely to be the case with the Hospital Sisters Health System data breach, in previous cyberattacks, victims of data theft have noticed identity theft attempts ranging from fraudulent charges on bank accounts or credit cards, to unauthorized credit card applications, to medical services or government services ordered in their name, to their information being posted on the dark web, to a massive uptick in the number of spam text messages, calls and emails received.
Are you a Hospital Sisters Health System patient concerned that you might be affected by this data breach?
If you have concerns that you have been affected by this data breach, and/or have experienced suspicious activity since August 16, 2023 we would like to hear from you. Please complete the contact form on this page, send us an email at [email protected], or give us a call at (202) 470-3520.
The lawyers at Migliaccio & Rathod LLP have years of experience in class action litigation against large corporations, including in cases involving data breaches such as this. More information about our current cases and investigations is available on our blog.