Vidant Health Data Breach (2016)

Healthcare data breach affects employees at Duplin Hospital A healthcare data breach has affected an undisclosed number of employees at Duplin Hospital, an affiliate of Vidant Health, says an article from Reflector.com. According to a statement from Vidant Health, employee information was "subject to unauthorized access by an outside source" at the beginning of February. Employees were reportedly notified of the breach via writing and personal meetings. Vidant Health and Duplin Hospital claim to have fortified its healthcare data security since the breach, and will be issuing free, one-year subscriptions to identity theft monitoring services.