US Mayfield Brain Spine Feb 2016 Hacking (Q15802)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Mayfield Brain Spine Feb 2016 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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February 2016
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On February 23, 2016, many people began receiving a fraudulent email titled Important Information: invoice 11471 from an unauthorized person who had accessed Mayfield Brain & Spines account at an outside vendor. This email was not sent by Mayfield. Mayfield notified recipients of the malicious email as soon as possible that same day, posted the information prominently on its website home page, and updated recipients again on February 25 with recommendations for remedy. Mayfield has completed its review and is issuing a final communication to all recipients by letter and also by distributing a press release of the incident and Mayfields response since that time. As previously reported on WCPO TV in February, the email was generated by an unknown, unauthorized person who accessed the databa (English)
