"PharMerica Discloses Data Breach Impacting 5.8 Million Individuals"

National pharmacy network PharMerica recently started sending out notification letters to more than 5.8 million individuals to disclose a data breach that occurred in March.  Owned by BrightSpring Health, a provider of home and community-based health services, PharMerica operates over 2,500 facilities across the US and offers more than 3,100 pharmacy and healthcare programs.  The company stated that the data breach occurred between March 12 and March 13.  Personal information compromised during the incident includes names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, health insurance, and medication information.  The company noted that in some cases, the compromised information belongs to deceased individuals, and the company encourages executors or surviving spouses to contact the national credit reporting agencies to notify them of the situation.  PharMerica’s letter does not provide details on the type of cyberattack that it suffered, but it appears that the Money Message ransomware group is responsible for the incident.  In April, the group started leaking personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) allegedly stolen from PharMerica.

SecurityWeek reports: "PharMerica Discloses Data Breach Impacting 5.8 Million Individuals"