Va. patients affected by Chinese cyber attack on hospital network
From: WTVR.com CBS 6
by Alix Bryan and Wayne Covil
PETERSBURG, Va. (WTVR) –Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals across the United States, announced on Monday that hackers recently broke into its computers and stole data on 4.5 million patients in its physician network.
The cyber-attack affects doesn’t affect the patients or former patients at any CHS hospitals, a spokesperson said. The computer network that was targeted by criminals contained information belonging to some patients seen at “physician practices and clinics affiliated with CHS hospitals, like Southside Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Petersburg.”
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