CareCloud disclosed a March 16 cybersecurity incident that temporarily disrupted one of its six electronic health record environments and may have resulted in patient information compromise. The company says affected systems have been restored, believes the threat actor no longer has access, and is investigating whether any patient data was accessed or exfiltrated; it reported the matter to the SEC and expects any losses to be covered by cyberinsurance. #CareCloud #CareCloudHealth
Keypoints
- CareCloud reported a network disruption on March 16 affecting one of six EHR environments.
- Functionality and data access to the impacted environment were limited for about eight hours.
- Investigators are working to determine whether patient information was accessed or exfiltrated.
- The company says the incident was limited to its CareCloud Health environment and did not affect other platforms.
- CareCloud reported the incident to the SEC, has restored systems, and expects cyberinsurance to cover any potential losses.
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