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Data Security Breach

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Social security numbers, credit card information and more were impacted by a March data breach involving Ascension Seton’s legacy websites, according to a news release from Ascension Texas.
On March 2, the agency was alerted to a security event involving Ascension Seton’s legacy websites, Seton.net and DellChildrens.net, which is managed by the third-party vendor Vertex, the release said.
Ascension said it worked closely with Vertex to investigate, as well as understand what information was affected, the release said. Vertex notified law enforcement, the release said.
The agency said demographic information, such as name, address, email address, phone number, insurance information, social security number (or tax identification number), as well as other clinical information would have been affected if the information was provided to the agency by people using the legacy websites, Seton.net and DellChildrens.net.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/ascension-seton-social-security-numbers-credit-cards-impacted-by-security-breach/

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Post ID: @OP+1n0KMXKa

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Keep it up HCL

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Post ID: @3qsx+1n0KMXKa

Waco too:

Ascension Providence Hospital acknowledged Tuesday a data breach in early March affecting information stored on the hospital’s “legacy website,” Providence.net.

https://wacotrib.com/news/local/ascension-providence-reports-website-breach-from-march/article_cbed4d50-0702-11ee-b004-3b2932cba3e3.html

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Post ID: @3nnm+1n0KMXKa

Your SSN should only be used for work. Never give it to a healthcare provider. If they insist, just make one up. Most insurance companies don't use the SSN for patient IDs anymore.

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Post ID: @lmm+1n0KMXKa

The real issue with this is the vendor followed the law rather than pretending it never happened. Makes Ascension look bad.

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Post ID: @gmc+1n0KMXKa

TV report:

https://youtu.be/p1SlzhHr0MA

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Post ID: @sxp+1n0KMXKa

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/ascension-seton-investigating-data-breach

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Post ID: @edh+1n0KMXKa

Hmmmm. So, does this incident help to illustrate the pitfalls of outsourcing?

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ascension-seton-data-breach/269-867e930c-d8d8-41dd-8695-eb93b17ab1ae

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