Cook County Health patient data leaked
A patient data leak occurred at Cook County Health. Concerns were raised that the leaked information could be misused to extort patients and for fake medical billing. The date of the incident, the scale of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Cook County Health
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Patient data leaked
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Exposed dataHealth & medical data
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Timeline
- The Cook County Health data leak and the possibility of its misuse for extorting patients and fake medical billing came to light.
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