MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – Wisconsin’s largest health care system says it has no evidence that a recent cyber attack affected patients’ medical records and insurance data.
Aurora Health Care of eastern Wisconsin confirms that hackers installed malicious software into servers used by present and former employees when logging in. It affected doctors, nurses, and other employees who logged into certain social media and financial sites.
Media reports said the malware was first detected in late January, and Aurora Health Care has worked with the FBI to try and identify the hackers.
Also, Aurora hired the cyber security firm of Mandiant to remove the bad software — and help identify the information that may have been stolen.
Aurora Health Care encouraged its employees to change their passwords, and offered them a year of credit and identity monitoring. The company also said it upgraded its software to detect hackers, installed advanced encryption technology for laptops, and promised more cyber awareness training for its employees.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
