Hack of New Jersey law firm leaks data of around 13,000 patients
A law firm associated with hospitals in New Jersey was hit by a cyber-attack, leaking the information of around 13,000 patients. The data exposed to hackers included sensitive patient information and hospital records.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data and hospital records of around 13,000 patients
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack targeting a law firm
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- It emerged that a cyber-attack on a New Jersey law firm had exposed the information of around 13,000 patients.
- It emerged that the leaked data included patients' hospital records.
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