Security News > 2020 > March > University of Utah Health Discloses Data Breach

University of Utah Health revealed last week that it discovered unauthorized access to some employee email accounts, along with a malware infection on one of its workstations.

"From January 22 to February 27, 2020, we became aware that there was unauthorized access to some employees' email accounts. This unauthorized access occurred between January 7 and February 21, 2020," the hospital reveals.

University of Utah Health says it immediately secured the compromised accounts and launched an investigation, which revealed that the email accounts included some patient information, such as names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and clinical information about received care.

The hospital notes, it discovered on February 3, 2020, that an employee's workstation had been infected with a common type of malware, which may have allowed access to said patient information from the employee's email account.

University of Utah Health recommends that patients review statements received from their healthcare providers to spot discrepancies.

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