Unity Point Health Says 16K People Could Be Affected By Data Breach

UnityPoint Health says about 16,000 people could be affected by a data breach, with Social Security numbers and financial information possibly compromised.

Company officials say they discovered that UnityPoint Health’s email system was the victim of a phishing attack that compromised some employee email accounts.

The email accounts may have been accessed between Nov. 1 and Feb. 7. Social Security numbers and financial information may have been compromised.

Channel 3000 reports that “dates of birth, medical record numbers, treatment information, surgical information, diagnoses, lab results, medications, providers, dates of service and insurance information were also at risk.”

In a letter to patients published by the TV station, company officials said:

“UnityPoint Health is committed to protecting your information and has taken steps to help prevent a similar event from taking place in the future. We are continually evaluating and modifying our security practices to further strengthen the protections for your personal and health information.”