Largest Health Data Breach of 2019 Strikes Seattle Hospital
On December 26, 2018, University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington was notified that their database had been misconfigured, resulting in a breach affecting approximately 974,000 individuals, the largest health breach of 2019. UW Medicine was first notified of this error on December 4, 2018 after a patient performed a Google search for their own name and found a file online containing some of their information through UW Medicine visible on the internet. This information contained protected health information that UW Medicine is…
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