US Fertility, the largest operator of fertility clinics in the United States, announced that it suffered a ransomware attack. The attackers first gained access to the US Fertility network on August 12, 2020, and it went undetected for over a month, putting patients’ sensitive health information at risk. If you are a fertility center patient—even if you’re not sure whether your fertility center is part of US Fertility’s network—and are concerned that your personal health information has been breached, please contact Keller Rohrback’s data privacy attorneys at dataprivacy@kellerrohrback.com, (800) 776-6044, or by using the contact form on this page.
US Fertility (“USF”) runs 55 fertility clinics in 10 states and also provides back-office services to other fertility clinics. Despite becoming aware of the ransomware attack on September 14, 2020, USF did not alert the public until November, and took even longer to send letters to the thousands of patients potentially impacted by the attack. After a forensic investigation, USF confirmed that data theft had officially occurred, and the files accessed by the attackers included names, addresses, dates of birth, master patient index numbers, and social security numbers.
If you are a fertility center patient and are worried that your medical information was accessed by hackers, or if you received a letter from USF notifying you that your data was part of the attack, Keller Rohrback wants to hear from you. Please contact us for a no-cost consultation at dataprivacy@kellerrohrback.com, (800) 776-6044, or by using the contact form on this page.
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