Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A doctor's practice plan affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine notifies patients that somebody hacked the account of a physician assistant's email account that contained the personal information of patients. 1500 patients are affected.