February 6, 2024 at 01:55PM
Viamedis, a French healthcare services firm, experienced a cyberattack resulting in the exposure of policyholders’ and healthcare professionals’ data. The breach included sensitive information such as beneficiaries’ personal details and health insurer data. Viamedis is investigating the impact and has notified authorities, while impacted organizations are sending breach notifications to clients.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– Viamedis, a French healthcare services firm, suffered a cyberattack resulting in the exposure of data belonging to policyholders and healthcare professionals in France.
– The data breach included sensitive information such as a beneficiary’s marital status, date of birth, social security number, name of health insurer, and guarantees open to third-party payment. Notably, banking information, postal details, telephone numbers, and email addresses were not compromised.
– Viamedis has taken steps to address the breach, including informing impacted health organizations, filing a complaint with the public prosecutor, and notifying the authorities (CNIL, ANSSI). The company is also conducting an ongoing investigation into the impact of the cyberattack and has not disclosed the number of exposed individuals.
– Viamedis’ General Director confirmed that it was a successful phishing attack, not ransomware, that led to the breach.
– Other entities working with Viamedis, such as Malakoff Humanis, are also affected. Malakoff is sending data breach notifications to impacted customers and has stated that temporary disconnection of the Viamedis platform may affect the provision of certain healthcare services.
– It is reported that another company named “Almerys,” which is also a payment processor for healthcare organizations, was targeted in a similar cyberattack.
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