Name: NorthShore data breach affects over 340,000 people
Brand: wgntv.com
SKU: wgntv-com-102
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

NorthShore data breach affects over 340,000 people

preview

CHICAGO — A large-scale data breach of NorthShore Health Systems forces the hospital to warn patients about potential cyber crimes. Now one expert thinks that other hospitals could be next.While hospitals have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, in at least one case, hackers focused on them. NorthShore Hospital reported a data breach that affected an estimated 348,000 people. According to NorthShore, the information taken included:Rich Stuppy isn’t connected to NorthShore or the investigation of the breach but he is one of the chief officers at Kount, specializing in data breach and fraud control. He said right now, hospitals in general have a lot on their plate.“On one of the things that will happen is that many hospitals are limiting non-essential staff as fraudsters target them they find commonalities,” Stuppy said. “They get smarter and sharper at every one that they go to.”In this case, NorthShore confirms that social security numbers weren’t accessed and that they moved quickly to minimize any problems.“This incident was not a breach of NorthShore’s internal systems — no patient medical records were accessed,” the hospital said.But targeting hospitals could become a dangerous trend.&nbsp;Just last week, Northwestern Memorial Hospital notified 56,000 patients that personal records were accessed. And Stuppy thinks others could follow as hackers develop a technique.“Once they learn to exploit it, it’s copy and paste,” he said. “The businesses that are hacked are victims as well, it’s a very difficult challenge.”NorthShore also tells me that based on the data involved, there is low risk of harm to affected individuals. They are notifying everyone impacted and reminding people to regularly monitor personal accounts for any suspicious activity.Suggest a Correction× Close Ad

CHICAGO — A large-scale data breach of NorthShore Health Systems forces the hospital to warn patients about potential cyber crimes. Now one expert thinks that other hospitals could be next.While hospitals have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, in at least one case, hackers focused on them. NorthShore Hospital reported a data breach that affected an estimated 348,000 people. According to NorthShore, the information taken included:Rich Stuppy isn’t connected to NorthShore or the investigation of the breach but he is one of the chief officers at Kount, specializing in data breach and...

public

Lourdes Duarte

wgntv.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

NorthShore data breach affects over 340,000 people

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS