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East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging

East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging Data Breach (2017)

East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging

lowVERIS
Disclosed

September 5, 2017

3125 days ago

Records

8.8K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Ransomware

Industry

Government

Description

The Ottawa-based East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging (ECKAAA) has experienced a ransomware attack that has resulted in the encryption of files on one of the agency’s servers. Those files contained the protected health information (PHI) of 8,750 patients.