US healthcare org admits up to 400,000 people's personal info was snatched

A Houston-based services provider to healthcare organizations says a crook may have grabbed up to 400,000 people's information after the miscreant accessed the systems of one of its customers. Gryphon Healthcare, which provides revenue cycle and management services, said patients' names, dates of birth, addresses, and Social …

[mostly average]

Rule of thumb

If you have data, it was stolen at some point.

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Re: Rule of thumb

But if you live in Texas and the information is that you had an abortion and the stolen data included your address - it might get a bit more serious than your SSN isn't actually as secret as people think

[Guy de Loimbard]

Credit Scoring Monitoring.....? Yes please!

FFS.

Along with the usual pleading that nothing bad has happened to your data, why do they always think giving you access to a Credit Monitoring service lets them off the hook.

Seriously, if my Data had been pilfered at that level, I'd want some serious compensation, not a nugatory shite Credit Check for 12 months, which will really protect me from the Dark Web hordes won't it??