2015 — UCLA: UCLA Health System's has informed as many as 4, 4.5M records
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
UCLA Health System's has informed as many as 4.5 million patients of a data breach of their network, exposing sensitive personal and medical information. The information compromised included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, Medicare and health plan identification numbers, patient diagnosis and procedures.It has been reported that UCLA did not take basic steps to encrypt the patient data.Patients who are affected can call UCLA at (877) 534-5972 or check the website www.myidcare .co
Root cause
Hacking