CA: St. Agnes Medical Center patient data compromised in email breach at St. Alphonsus

Donald A. Promnitz reports: Saint Agnes Medical Center has experienced a cybersecurity incident that originated with a sister hospital in the Pacific Northwest. According to a media release from Saint Agnes, an employee of Oregon/Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System had their email compromised by an unauthorized user. This individual used the employee’s account to send phishing emails in an attempt to obtain login IDs and passwords from January 4-6. Read more on The Business Journal.  See also the medical center’s press release of March 4.DataBreaches.netRead More