Louisiana-based University Health Conway is notifying more than 6,000
patients that a computer science professor from the City College of San
Francisco gained access to a server with their personal information while demonstrating computer system vulnerabilities to a class.
How many victims? 6,073.
What type of personal information? Guarantor names, account numbers and payment amounts.
What happened? A computer science professor from the City
College of San Francisco accessed the server containing the data while
demonstrating computer system vulnerabilities to a class.
What was the response? The computer science professor notified
University Health Conway. Actions are being taken to secure the
computer server and increase security monitoring of computer systems.
University Health Conway is notifying all impacted individuals.
Details: The breach occurred on Monday and the computer
science professor notified University Health Conway on Tuesday. The
information dates back to 2012.
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