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Marin Medical Practices Concepts

Marin Medical Practices Concepts Data Breach (2015)

Marin Medical Practices Concepts

lowVERIS
Disclosed

July 26, 2015

3897 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Ransomware

Industry

Technology

Description

Marin Medical Practices Concepts electronic medical record system hacked, ransom paid The computer records of Marin Medical Practice Concepts, a Novato company that provides medical billing and electronic medical records services to many Marin physicians, were hacked on July 26. As a result, some Marin doctors were unable to access their patients' medical records for more than a week. information includes vital signs, limited clinical history, documentation of physical examinations, and any record of the communication between patients and their physician during a visit in that 15 day period. Although no financial or personal patient information was found to be compromised, one of the company's backup systems failed during the data-restoration process; the data loss occurred at the time of the system restore due to a faulty backup system not due to the malware