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Hartford HealthCare Data Breach May Have Compromised Patient Information

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/hartford-healthcare-data-breach-may-have-compromised-patient-information/2255019/

Hartford HealthCare announced on Monday that their system was recently the victim of a phishing attack that may have compromised patient information.

The company said on February 13 they were made aware of concerning activity tied to two employee email accounts. Investigation by a technology forensics team found that someone gained access to the accounts between February 13 and 14. At least one of the accounts included personal patient information, including names, dates of birth, medical records, and other health and insurance information. In 23 cases, the information including a social security number.

Hartford HealthCare said it is notifying the 2,651 affected patients by mail. The company will offer two years of free credit monitoring for the 23 patients whose social security numbers were affected by the breach.

The breach did not affect Hartford HealthCare's electronic medical records, the company said.

"Hartford HealthCare deeply regrets that this incident occurred. We value the trust our patients place in us and take seriously our role in safeguarding the personal and medical information of our patients," the company wrote in a statement.
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Without a list of passwords (by using Wave VSC 2.0) and secure credentials from the TPM that transparently connect to websites, employees would not be inputting credentials into a well disguised phishing website!!

Just think what Hartford Health Care could have saved themselves in reputation, and costs by using preventative cybersecurity such as Wave VSC 2.0. Many others in the Wave community must believe there are a lot of other organizations that could avoid what Hartford Health Care is going through by using Wave VSC 2.0 and Wave solutions!!! Wave solutions does so much more and the link to the great technologies is below!!!
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https://www.wavesys.com/

https://www.wavesys.com/products/embassy%C2%AE-remote-administration-server-tpm-management

Token-free, password-free user authentication

We know you’ve dreamt about shredding your list of passwords. Go on and do it.

Because you are starting the authentication process in the device’s hardware, the user doesn’t have to interact with it. All users see is their usual Windows log-in screen – no more additional passwords to access the VPN or other resources. They just sign in once, and the secure credentials in their TPMs securely and quickly connect them to everything they need. Say goodbye to user frustration and slow OS performance.
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https://www.wavesys.com/products/wave-virtual-smart-card

Excerpt:

The user experience with a virtual smart card is simple: he or she logs in with a PIN (authentication factor number one). The TPM (authentication factor number two) then transparently identifies the device to the network and connects the user to all the approved services. It’s one less thing for users to carry around.