4.5 Million Patients' Data Stolen from Healthcare System
Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals around the U.S., announced today that in a recent data breach hackers stole data on 4.5 million patients, including names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdays and telephone numbers. The hackers did not steal information about patients’ medical histories, clinical operations or credit cards.
According to a CNN report, anyone who received treatment from a network-owned hospital in the last five years, or was just referred there by an outside doctor, is affected.