HealthCare for Women server breached by hackers
A computer server for SouthCoast medical provider HealthCare for Women was hacked in January, potentially exposing summaries of patient visits occurring from June 2012 to January 2013.
Patient names, addresses, telephone numbers and dates of birth could also have been accessed.
HealthCare for Women specializes in gynecology and obstetrics and has practices in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Mattapoisett. Kathy Pelland, the group's privacy officer, said in a statement Monday that the security breach was discovered at the end of January, at which point the server was "immediately shut down."
