East River Medical Imaging in New York has started notifying 605,809 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed or stolen in a cyberattack that was detected in September.
Proliance Surgeons, a Seattle, WA-based surgical group, has notified 437,392 individuals that some of their protected health information may have been stolen in a ransomware attack earlier this year.
The experience of the financial sector in dealing with threats is instructive to anyone in the cybersecurity space — there’s no substitute for getting out ahead of potential risks and problems.