Mackenzie Garrity - Friday, September 27th, 2019
Rowlett, Texas-based Berry Family Services, which provides
health services to people with disabilities, was hit with a ransomware attack July
10 that barred providers from accessing computer systems.
Officials, ultimately, decided to pay the undisclosed ransom to
continue supporting local community-based services and living programs. Berry
Family Services believes the cybercriminals were seeking to extort money rather
than gain access to patients’ sensitive information.
The ransomware attack also encrypted 1,751 patients’ information. Patient data that
could have been exposed in the ransomware attack included names, addresses,
dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical insurance information and
related health information.
Berry Family Services is unaware of any evidence that the
information has been misused. However, the organization is offering affected
patients one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
The company has also taken steps to improve its cybersecurity so a similar
incident does not happen again.
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