Exploit: Malware
Nebraska Medicine: Health System
Risk to Small Business: 1.663 = Severe
Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center have begun notifying patients and employees whose personal information may have been compromised in a breach in late 2020. Bad actors gained access to Nebraska Medicine and UNMC’s shared network using unnamed malware. The breach led to the interruption of some services including the postponement of patient appointments and required staff in the system’s hospitals and clinics to chart by hand.
Individual Risk: 2.101 = Severe
Nebraska Medicine officials say that the incident did not result in unauthorized access to the health system’s shared electronic medical record application. However, an unspecified number of records that included information such as names, addresses, health insurance data, Social Security numbers and clinical information was compromised. Patients and employees should carefully watch for identity theft, spear phishing or fraud attempts using this data.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Ransomware isn’t the only kid on the block when it comes to causing a data breach – many types of malware are available for bad actors to use, and they can do devastating damage without the ransom.
Source:
https://apnews.com/article/technology-data-privacy-nebraska-94d8a76d2b772a3014773023c989d71a