US Morrow County Firefighters and Squadsmen Association Sep 2011 Malware Attack (Q15446)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Morrow County Firefighters and Squadsmen Association Sep 2011 Malware Attack |
A data breach risk event |
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September 2011
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Patient information in the Morrow County emergency medical service and 911 systems was at risk of being compromised in 2011, said the 911 coordinator at the time and the current 911 supervisor. Keith Acker, current 911 coordinator for the Morrow County Firefighters and Squadsmen Association, which has contracted with the county since 1972 to provide EMS and 911 services, said the breach occurred at the tail end of September 2011. Acker, who said he did do a lot of our in-house computer work for small stuff but not network-related issues, said MCFSA did not contact patients about the breach because no data was compromised or lost. Information technology specialists, Tranztec Solutions Inc. and Alert Public Safety Solutions, contracted by MCFSA, assisted the private nonprofit organization w (English)
