California Cancer Center Notifies Patients of Computer Data Breach
The University of California-San Diego's Moores Cancer Center has sent letters alerting 30,000 patients that hackers breached the center's computers on June 26 and might have gained access to their personal data, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
DeAnn Marshall, UCSD Health Sciences chief of marketing and communications, said the compromised information included names, birth dates, medical record numbers, and diagnosis and treatment dates (Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/16).
She said officials have determined that only 36 files contained Social Security numbers (Hasemyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/17). Officials have no evidence that hackers viewed the personal information, Marshall said. The hospital added that hackers did not access patient medical records, which are stored in a separate server.
