Serviceaide has reported a data breach affecting nearly 483,000 individuals after an improperly exposed Elasticsearch database containing personal and medical information was discovered. This incident involves the healthcare system Catholic Health and impacts the Department of Health and Human Services (#Serviceaide #CatholicHealth #HHS).
Keypoints
- An Elasticsearch database was publicly exposed between September 19 and November 5, 2024.
- The breach exposed sensitive personal and medical information of nearly half a million patients.
- Serviceaide did not find conclusive evidence of data exfiltration but cannot rule it out.
- Impacted individuals are being offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection.
- Healthcare organizations frequently face large-scale data breaches affecting hundreds of thousands or millions of individuals.
Read More: https://www.securityweek.com/480000-catholic-health-patients-impacted-by-serviceaide-data-leak/