US Harborview Medical Center Oct 2014 Malware Attack (Q15246)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Harborview Medical Center Oct 2014 Malware Attack |
A data breach risk event |
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October 2014
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After opening a malicious attachment in a phishing email, an employee at University of Washington Medicine in Seattle may have exposed the personal information of more than 90,000 Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center patients. The breach took place in October. According to a press release on the UW Medicine website, upon opening the malware-laden attachment, the unnamed piece of malicious software then took control of the computer. The infected computer contained patient data and the malware went unnoticed for one day before staff members took measures to prevent any further malicious activity. UW Medicine says that it conducted an internal investigation and does not believe that patient data was sought or targeted in the attack. Despite this belief, the m (English)
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