AHN reports data breach


About 8,000 patients have been affected by a data breach at Allegheny Health Network.

The data breach was discovered June 1, a day after an employee received a phishing email to compromise the account and an unauthorized person received access to files that included personal health information of the 8,000 patients. The information includes name, date of birth, dates of medical service, medical history, condition, diagnosis and treatment, and driver's license number. Also some patients might have…

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