Health data of North Dakota developmental disability services users possibly exposed
It was raised that a phishing attack in North Dakota, in the US, may have exposed the health information of users of developmental disability services. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services warned users about the data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of health information of developmental disability services users
- Cause / method
- Phishing attack
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services warned developmental disability services users about a data leak caused by a phishing attack.
- The possibility that health information of developmental disability services users was exposed came to light.
2 related reports
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