Ransomware Attack on Mental Health Provider Affects 172,000 [Video]

Breach Notification , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Healthcare

Deer Oaks Behavioral Health Says Incident Contained to ‘Single Segment’ of Network (HealthInfoSec) • November 1, 2023

Deer Oaks Behavioral Health is notifying nearly 172,000 patients of a data compromise involving a recent ransomware attack. (Image: Getty)

A Texas-based mental healthcare provider is notifying nearly 172,000 patients that their information was potentially compromised in a ransomware incident, even though the attack was apparently detected and contained quickly.

Deer Oaks Behavioral Health, which is based in San Antonio and provides psychological and psychiatric services to residents of more than 1,500 long-term care and assisted living facilities across several states, said in a breach report submitted to Maine’s attorney general Tuesday that it had become aware of potential unauthorized activity within its computer network on Sept. 1.

“The unauthorized activity was immediately detected and isolated …

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