The largest reported data breach in the healthcare sector for 2016 was Banner Health, with 3.62 million individuals impacted by a cyber-security attack that occurred over the summer.
Banner Health discovered the issue on July 13, 2016, but a third-party forensics investigation found that the initial attack occurred on June 17, 2016.
There were “a limited number of Banner Health computer servers as well as the computer systems that process payment card data at certain Banner Health food and beverage outlets” affected in the attack, according to Banner.
Patients, members and beneficiaries, and food and beverage outlet customers may have all had certain information exposed.
The food and beverage outlet breach was discovered on July 7, 2016, while payment cards used at 27 different Banner Health locations from June 23, 2016 to July 7, 2016 may have been affected. Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, and Wyoming are the possibly affected locations.
“The attackers targeted payment card data, including cardholder name, card number, expiration date and internal verification code, as the data was being routed through affected payment processing systems,” explained Banner.
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