UCHealth employee cloud account breach may expose 129,000 people's data
Unauthorised access to two employee accounts in Microsoft's cloud at US healthcare provider UCHealth may have exposed the personal information of approximately 129,000 people. Files containing personal information may have been stolen, potentially including names, Social Security numbers, driving licence numbers, and health and billing information. UCHealth notified those affected and said its electronic medical records system was not affected.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- UCHealth
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Possible exposure of approximately 129,000 people's personal information
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to two employee accounts in Microsoft's cloud
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- UCHealth issued notifications about unauthorised access to two employee cloud accounts and the possible theft of files containing personal information.
- The number of people whose information may have been exposed was reported to be approximately 129,000.
2 related reports
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