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Starling Physicians

Starling Physicians Data Breach (2019)

Starling Physicians

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Disclosed

February 8, 2019

2604 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Phishing

Industry

Healthcare

Description

Starling was the target of a cyber-phishing attack on February 8. When the Connecticut-based healthcare group learned of the breach, they secured the affected email accounts and hired a forensic security firm. On September 12, investigation found that the email accounts affected by the attack contained information including certain patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, passport numbers, Social Security numbers, medical information and health insurance or billing information.