"Lake Charles Memorial Health Has Possible Cybersecurity Incident"

Some Lake Charles healthcare system patients may have had their information involved in a cybersecurity incident.  The Lake Charles Memorial Health System recently mailed letters to some of its patients whose information may have been involved in a recent cybersecurity incident.  On Oct. 21, the system's information security team detected "unusual activity" involving its computer network.  The health system took "immediate action" to contain the activity and investigate the cause.  Lake Charles Memorial Health learned on Oct. 25 that an unauthorized third party was able to access its network.  The company launched an investigation and reported it to law enforcement.  The investigation determined that the unauthorized access to Lake Charles Memorial Health's computer network occurred between Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, during which time the unauthorized third party accessed or obtained certain files from its systems.  Lake Charles Memorial Health thoroughly reviewed these files and determined that some patient information was contained within them, which may have included patient names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record or patient identification numbers, health insurance information, payment information, and/or limited clinical information regarding care received at Lake Charles Memorial Health.  Patients' Social Security numbers were also included in some limited instances.  The Lake Charles Memorial Health’s electronic medical record was not accessible to the unauthorized party.  

Chron reports: "Lake Charles Memorial Health Has Possible Cybersecurity Incident"