US Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Therapy Sep 2017 Hacking (Q15495)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Sports Medicine Rehabilitation Therapy Sep 2017 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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September 2017
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Massachusetts-based Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Therapy (SMART) has alerted 7,000 patients to a breach of their protected health information. Potentially, the breach impacted all patients whose information was recorded during a visit to a SMART center prior to December 31, 2016. The breach, which occurred in September 2017, was an extortion attempt. Hackers gained access to SMART systems, allegedly stole data, and demanded a ransom payment to prevent the information from being released online. (English)
