FORT WAYNE, Ind.
(AP) — An Indiana medical software company has reported the private
information of 3.9 million people nationwide was exposed when its networks
were hacked earlier this year.
The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that Medical
Informatics Engineering reported that's how many people were affected by
the hack.
The Fort Wayne
company announced June 10 that the attack on its main network and its
NoMoreClipboard network began May 7. It was detected May 26. The company
said the exposed information includes names, addresses, birthdates, Social
Security numbers and health records.
The company said
the people affected by the hack includes patients of Texas-based Concentra,
which operates more than 300 medical centers in 38 states; Franciscan St.
Francis Health Indianapolis; and Rochester Medical Group in the Detroit
area.
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