The Dallas Morning News reported that nearly 2,100 people at UT Southwestern Medical Center have been affected by a data security breach that included medical and health insurance information, addresses and dates of birth..
The academic hospital reported the breach to the office of the attorney general on March 7. It has not yet contacted customers regarding the information that may have been accessed, according to the report.
“We consider the protection of our patients’ privacy of utmost importance and regret the occurrence of this incident. UT Southwestern provided initial notification to the OAG in compliance with state regulations,” a UT Southwestern spokesperson said in a statement. “We are assessing the data to prepare notifications to those impacted in accordance with federal regulations. The incident involved internal use of unapproved software and did not involve a cyberattack or external exposure of data.”
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