"Hack of PJ&A Tops 2023 US Healthcare Data Breaches as Tally Jumps by 4M"

An attack on the medical transcription company Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A) is now considered the largest US health sector data breach that occurred in 2023. PJ&A provides transcription services to medical facilities in the US, so it holds sensitive information about millions of Americans. Last year, hackers breached the company between March 27 and May 2, later stealing personal data from its systems in April. PJ&A disclosed that the breach affected more than 8.95 million people. Several of the company's clients separately reported the impact of the breach on their patients, whose data PJ&A stored. Concentra Health Services, a PJ&A client, recently reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the breach affected 3,998,162 of its patients. Concentra's recent HHS notification brings the total number of patients affected by the PJ&A breach to over 14 million. This article continues to discuss the significant impact of the PJ&A breach.

SC Media reports "Hack of PJ&A Tops 2023 US Healthcare Data Breaches as Tally Jumps by 4M"

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