45,000 Patients Potentially Affected by Cyberattack on Florida Heart Associates
Florida Heart Associates is informing 45,148 patients regarding one recent security breach that resulted in the compromise of their personal data and protected health information (PHI). The security breach was discovered some time in May 19, 2021, because of strange activity seen within selected networked computers. Florida Heart Associates immediately took steps to manage the breach and protect personal data and launched an investigation to find out the nature and extent of the breach. Florida Heart Associates confirmed the breach of its computer system from May 9 to May 19, 2021. Security systems were put in place before the breach…