Carolina Oncology Specialists Data Breach (2017)

Carolina Oncology Specialists, a 12-clinician practice in Hickory, N.C., is alerting patients about a potential incident in which personal information apparently is being used for financial fraud. The organization recently received several credit card applications addressed to three patients, but using the practice’s mailing address. Each patient was notified by the practice and received the credit card application that was sent to the practice, and local police were notified. The name of one patient was used to open a false credit card account.