Alamance Skin Center, a Cone Health practice in Burlington, North Carolina, has disclosed a ransomware attack that left patient data unrecoverable Ransomware actors typically copy the targeted data before encrypting it on the victims end. The attack was likely a phishing scam or brute force attack was used to gain access to the system. The practice’s electronic medical record system and servers are separate from the main system, so the incident did not affect the parent company. The incident is a reportable breach as defined by HIPAA.”]