In January, hackers infiltrated billing company IntelliHARTx, or iTx, and its file transfer provider, Fortra, which the hospital uses. Due to this, 203,000 of CoxHealth’s patients’ information such as names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers may have been compromised.
The hack on Fortra, which Russian ransomware gang Clop has claimed credit for, has also affected nearly 1 million patients at Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, more than 25,000 at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, and an unknown number of patients at University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center, among other health systems.
The vendor has been notifying all affected individuals.
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