Η Community Health Systems (CHS) of the US recently disclosed that hackers had breached its network and had stolen personal information from about 4,5 millions patients.
Η report αναφέρει ότι οι επιτιθέμενοι παραβίασαν το δίκτυο CΗS μεταξύ Απριλίου και Ιουλίου του 2014. Η Mandiant, η εταιρεία που έκανε την research for hacking found that the team which was responsible for the "Advanced Persistent Threat" attack originates from China.
The information that has been intercepted concerns names, telephone numbers, social security numbers and other details of recorded patients.
The service claims that no credit card numbers, medical or clinical information were stolen.
According to TrustedSec, hackers managed to gain access to the service systems, exploiting its famous vulnerability OpenSSL "Heart Bleed."
