Potential Breach Affects 128,000 Saint Mary Patients and Clients
Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center has recently released information about a potential data breach involving one of its databases. The database in question was used Saint Mary’s health education classes and wellness programs contained private records of about 128,000 patients and clients.
The personal information contained details such as names and addresses, limited health information and some Social Security numbers. According to a statement made by Gary Aldax, marketing manager for Saint Mary’s and quoted by RGJ.com, the database did not contain medical records or credit card information.
“What happened was that an unauthorized person may have accessed the database,” Aldax said. “We’re currently working with Equifax, which is one of the three major credit agencies, to help handle this for us.
“In some cases, there were people who had their Social Security numbers (in the database) as well, so we’re sending different letters to people depending on their situation.”
Saint Mary’s has emailed all those potentially affected this month, warning them about the threats they might be exposed to.
