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Uniontown Hospital Data Breach (2012)

Uniontown Hospital

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Disclosed

December 31, 2012

4834 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

A hacker or hackers accessed patient information and posted it online. The breach was discovered by a data privacy expert. Uniontown indirectly notified the public of the breach and breach containment after the privacy expert attempted to reach Uniontown Hospital for several days. Names, encrypted passwords, contact names, email addresses, and usernames may have been exposed. It is unclear how long the information was available.