Exposed 135,000 patients records´ at NY Outpatient Center

Unauthorized third-party gained access to St. Peter´s Surgery & Endoscopy Center servers in Albany, New York. The information about 135.000 patients might have been breached. That information includes patients’ names, dates of births, addresses, dates of service, diagnosis codes, procedure codes, insurance information, and Medicare information. Banking or credit card information is not at risk.

The center said that it is implementing more stringent information security standards, increasing staff training, and investigating the purchase of additional anti-fraud and virus protection software.