Florida officials announced slowly Fri that hackers may stimulate got accessed the personal information in addition to medical records of upwards to 30,000 Medicaid recipients inward November.
The state's Agency for Health Care Administration said inward a Fri even out intelligence unloosen that 1 of its employees "was the victim of a malicious phishing email" on Nov 15, in addition to they learned of the incident v days afterward on twenty November, after which they notified the notified the Inspector General who launched an investigation "to position if whatever protected wellness information was potentially accessed."
The preliminary findings of an Inspector General investigation flora that hackers may stimulate got partly or fully accessed the enrollees' sum names, Medicaid ID numbers, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, medical weather condition in addition to Social Security numbers.
The AHCA said no other means systems or e-mail accounts were involved inward the phishing attack.
"The means takes this thing really seriously," Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration(AHCA) said inward a statement.
The state means said it was grooming employees on safety protocols next suspected breach but said it had "no argue to believe" the information had been misused. The means provided a hotline for Medicaid recipients to call-844-749-8327.
Cyber threats stimulate got long posed issues for wellness providers in addition to agencies treatment sensitive data, amongst cybersecurity concerns nearly personal information reaching the federal authorities inward the by equally well.
