Patient data among files accessed in Virginia Mason Franciscan Health data breach

A hacking incident in October that impacted workers at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and its patients was determined to be ransomware and patient information was accessed, according to a statement from CommonSpirit Health, a parent company.

In October, VMFH released a statement that it had taken certain IT systems offline as a precaution, which impacted health records and other systems.

VMFH provided a statement in October, saying, “We take our responsibility to ensure the privacy of our patients and IT security very seriously. As a result of this incident, we have rescheduled some patient appointments.”

On Thursday, CommonSpirit Health said an investigation revealed an unauthorized third party

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