"More Than 300K People Affected by Johns Hopkins Data Breach"

In June, Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System learned that their systems were among those affected by a broad-based cybersecurity attack that targeted a widely used software platform for transferring data files called MOVEit.  Initially, they believed 5,500 people were impacted at Johns Hopkins Health Care System and Johns Hopkins Howard County General Hospital.  In a new update, now Johns Hopkins reveals that 310,405 people were affected by the hacking incident at Johns Hopkins Medicine.  Hopkins noted that it has sent letters to those affected by the data breach, notifying them that they were eligible to sign up for two free years of credit monitoring.  With such a large number of people affected, cybersecurity experts are warning that when unsecured protected health information is involved, that can mean things like Social Security numbers, medication information, and many other very personal and private information can be compromised.

WBAL reports: "More Than 300K People Affected by Johns Hopkins Data Breach"