Plaza Radiology Data Breach Affects Up to 569,000 Patients
Plaza Radiology, which does business as Chattanooga Imaging across several locations in Tennessee and North Georgia, has suffered a cyberattack and data breach that has affected up to 569,000 patients.
Plaza Radiology identified the cyberattack on October 21, 2023, but did not disclose any details about the nature of the attack, other than stating that the initial results of the forensic investigation confirmed there had been unauthorized access to a small number of files on its network that contained patient information.
The analysis of the results from the forensic investigation is ongoing and, at this stage, there have been no reports of any actual or attempted misuse of patient data. Plaza Radiology reported the data breach to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights on December 20, 2023, and said it will be mailing individual notification letters to the affected patients when the specific individuals affected have been identified and the types of data involved have been determined.
Legal counsel for Plaza Radiology confirmed that several steps have been taken in response to the security breach to improve cybersecurity and prevent similar breaches in the future. Those measures include changing passwords on accounts, enabling multi-factor authentication, replacing the affected desktop computers and network servers, and providing enhanced security awareness training to the workforce.
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Plaza Radiology has confirmed that complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services will be offered to individuals whose sensitive information was accessed in the attack and encourages all patients to be vigilant against identity theft and fraudulent uses of their data.
