"The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), based in Oklahoma, notified more than 611,000 individuals of a data breach. EMSA discovered suspicious activity on its network in February 2024 and immediately activated its incident response protocols, which included shutting off select systems.
EMSA later determined that an unauthorized party had gained access to its network between February 10 and 13 and acquired files containing patient information. The files included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and primary care provider names.
EMSA is offering credit monitoring and identity protection services to individuals whose Social Security numbers were involved in the breach.
“To help prevent something like this from happening again, we have implemented, and will continue to adopt, additional safeguards to further protect and monitor our systems,” EMSA assured patients."
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"The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), based in Oklahoma, notified more than 611,000 individuals of a data breach. EMSA discovered suspicious activity on its network in February 2024 and immediately activated its incident response protocols, which included shutting off select systems.
EMSA later determined that an unauthorized party had gained access to its network between February 10 and 13 and acquired files containing patient information. The files included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and primary care provider names.
EMSA is offering credit monitoring and identity protection services to individuals whose Social Security numbers were involved in the breach.
“To help prevent something like this from happening again, we have implemented, and will continue to adopt, additional safeguards to further protect and monitor our systems,” EMSA assured patients."