Chicago-based Community First Medical Center reported a data breach that affected the information of 216,047 patients.
The hospital discovered on July 12 that an unauthorized party accessed files that contained patient names, email addresses, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers and Medicare numbers. In a filing with the HHS, the hospital described the breach as a hacking incident in the network server.
The hospital has no indication that any personal information was misused, according to a Sept. 26 data breach notification. However, the health system is providing free credit monitoring services to individuals whose Social Security numbers were in the breached files.