Ascension Health is notifying roughly 5.6 million individuals that their personal, medical, and payment information was compromised in a ransomware attack in May 2024. The incident occurred on May 8 and resulted in service disruptions that prompted hospitals around the country to revert to downtime procedures and divert emergency medical services. The potentially compromised information, the healthcare organization says, includes names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, driver’s license numbers, insurance information, medical information, tax identification numbers, and payment information. The healthcare giant is providing the affected individuals with one year of free credit monitoring and identity protection services, which include a $1 million insurance reimbursement policy.

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