Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-09-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Louisiana State University Health
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: LSU Health New Orleans Health Care Services Division said it became aware of a cyber intrusion into an employee's electronic mailbox. Email messages or attachments contained limited information about patients who received care at Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence; Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma; W. O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles; and the former Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge; Bogalusa Medical Center in Bogalusa; University Medical Center in Lafayette; and Interim LSU Hospital in New Orleans.