FEDERALHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Sep 2, 2017bd_7c838ee73a0b1cf4
Med-Cert, Inc. reported to HHS on 2017-09-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7,253 individuals. The breach was caused by a subcontractor, Alentus Hosting, which failed to reactivate a firewall after a software update, allowing web-crawlers to access and post protected health information (PHI) online. The exposed data, located on a Network Server and Other systems, included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, and case management reports. The information was later removed from public access.
Affected (this filing): 7,253
HHS notified