Security News > 2021 > November > Utah medical center hit by data breach affecting 582k patients
Utah Imaging Associates, a Utah-based radiology center, has announced a data breach affecting 582,170 people after their personal information was exposed.
According to the data breach notification sent to affected individuals, the security incident was discovered on September 4, 2021, and was remediated on the same day.
The type of information varies by individual, so not all of the above elements concern each recipient of the data breach notice.
Hackers tend to target medical centers like UIA as they handle sensitive data considered valuable in the cybercrime underground.
A data breach affecting roughly 137,000 patients of the Urology Center of Colorado, two weeks ago.
As healthcare visits require patients to provide a lot of personal information, the responsibility of securing their sensitive data can be difficult for healthcare providers.
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