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Banner Health Suffers Year's Largest Data Breach; 3.7M
Affected
By Akanksha Jayanthi
C
yberattackers gained access to "a
limited number" of Banner Health
computer servers, including the servers
that process payment card information where
food and beverages are sold at the Phoenix-
based health system. Overall, 3.7 million
patients, Banner health plan members and
beneficiaries, food and beverage customers
and providers may be affected, making it the
largest healthcare data breach of 2016.
e attack was initiated June 17, according to
Banner's investigation. Potentially compro-
mised information includes patient names,
addresses, birthdates, physician names, dates
of service, clinical information, health insur-
ance information and Social Security numbers
if one was provided to the system. For those
enrolled in a Banner health plan, claims infor-
mation, insurance information and employee
benefit information may also have been affect-
ed. Provider names, addresses, Drug Enforce-
ment Agency numbers, tax identification num-
bers and national provider identifier numbers
may have also been involved.
Banner indicates the cyberattackers targeted
payment card data, and cards used at food and
beverage outlets at certain Banner Health loca-
tions between June 23 and July 7 may be affected
by the attack. Cardholder names, card numbers,
expiration dates and internal verification codes
were compromised. Banner Health released a
list of 27 food and beverage locations that were
affected by the cyberattack.
e health system says it has returned to ac-
cepting all forms of payment at food outlets.
"You can use your payment card with confi-
dence," according to the health system. Pay-
ment cards used to pay for medical services
were not affected.
Banner is offering free credit and identity moni-
toring to affected individuals for one year and has
notified the DEA and providers' licensing boards
of the incident. e health system also says it is
enhancing the security of its networks systems.
"Banner is committed to maintaining the priva-
cy and security of information of our patients,
employees, plan members and beneficiaries,
customers at our food and beverage outlets, as
well as our providers," Peter Fine, president and
CEO of Banner Health, said in the notice.
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