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2012 — Utah Department of Health: Eastern European hackers exploited misconfigured…

2012 780.0K records affected Share on X

Data compromised

SSNs, names, DOB, addresses

Technical writeup

Mar 2012. Eastern European hackers exploited misconfigured server (Dept of Technology Services). 280k had SSNs exposed; 500k had names, DOB, addresses. Primarily Medicaid/CHIP enrollees and healthcare visitors. 24,000 files downloaded. Largest healthcare hack since HIPAA breach rules (2009). One year credit monitoring offered.

Root cause

Misconfigured server; weak password authentication.

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