Community Health Systems Inc. says a network data breach exposed 4.5 million individuals’ personal information. This is the second huge health data breach apparently involving hackers this year. The hospital chain says an “advanced persistent threat group originating from China used highly sophisticated malware and technology to attack the company’s systems” If confirmed by federal officials, it would be the second largest data breach since the enactment of the HIPAA data breach notification rule in 2009. The largest breach, a 2011 incident involving TRICARE, the military health program, affected 4.9 million individuals.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/china-hackers-suspected-in-health-breach-a-7204