Community Health Systems, which runs 206 hospitals in the USA, has disclosed that its IT systems were breached over a three-month period. Hackers gained unauthorised access to the names, addresses and social security numbers of 4.5 million patients in the US. Lucas Zaichkowsky, Enterprise Defence Architect at digital forensics and cyber incident response company AccessData, has commented on the potential motivation of the attackers for stealing patient names and addresses. One possible motivation might be to gather intelligence on individuals which can be used in future cyber espionage campaigns.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/news/4-5-million-patient-records-accessed-chs-hack/