Skin Cancer Specialists, P.C. Data Breach (2016)

Atlanta-based Skin Cancer Specialists, P.C., has announced a data security incident has been discovered that has resulted in the exposure of the billing records of 3,365 patients. An unauthorized individual was discovered to have gained access to the healthcare provider’s system on October 15, 2016, with the intrusion detected on February 2, 2017. The system contained the billing records of 3,365 patients. Those records included patients’ names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, medical record numbers, physician information and health insurance details. Financial information and Social Security numbers were not viewed or obtained by the attacker.