Patients in Stanford’s group health plans, who have dependents under the age of 18, had their protected health information compromised after Brightline was affected by a security breach at cybersecurity firm Fortra.
Health plan members at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care; Pleasanton, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, Castro Valley, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Partners; and Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University were affected by the breach.
Stanford said most of the information compromised was “demographic in nature,” and included the following: names, contact information, member IDs, dates of birth and coverage information, according to an April 7 breach notification from Stanford.
On April 7, Brightline began notifying all impacted individuals.
Stanford did not mention how many were affected.
The Forta cybersecurity incident has also impacted Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems; Birmingham, Ala.-based Grandview Medical Center; Huntsville, Ala.-based Crestwood Medical Center; Dothan, Ala.-based Flowers Hospital; Gadsden (Ala.) Regional Medical Center; Medical Center Enterprise (Ala.); and Foley, Ala.-based South Baldwin Regional Medical Center.
