Clay Platte Family Medicine – Data Breach Investigation
In this age of technology, amidst a world of encroaching cybersecurity threats, your personal information is more vulnerable than ever. Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel has the experience and expertise litigating data breach matters, providing compensation to victims of data breaches, and requiring businesses to enhance their data security practices to protect their consumers. If you think your information may have been compromised in a data breach, please call us at 312.782.4880 or reach us via email at lnichols@caffertyclobes.com.
Clay Platte Family Medicine, Summit Family and Sports Medicine Clinic, Cobblestone Family Medicine Clinic, and Barry Pointe Family Medicine Clinic are healthcare providers located throughout Kansas City, MO, specializing in family medicine and sports medicine.
Clay Platte Family Medicine, along with its affiliated healthcare clinics, recently discovered that an unauthorized actor had accessed and exfiltrated certain files from their network. These files contained highly sensitive personal and health-related information belonging to current and former patients and employees. Impacted individuals began receiving notification letters by mail on October 16, 2024.
Clay Platte Family Medicine has reported that 53,916 individuals were affected by a recent data breach. The compromised information includes personal details such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and health insurance information.
Clay Platte Family Medicine’s recent data breach is a serious matter that could inflict far-reaching consequences for those affected. The exposure of personally identifiable information, especially names and Social Security numbers, poses a significant risk of identity theft, such as criminals opening financial accounts, taking out loans, filing fraudulent tax returns, and obtaining government services in the victim’s name. Personally identifiable information can also be exposed on the Dark Web, which poses a serious threat toward the privacy and safety of many individuals. According to a recent FTC survey, the total cost of identity theft is nearly $50 billion per year, with victims losing an average of nearly $5,000 from the misuse of their personal and financial information. The exposure of protected medical information can pose an even greater danger of identity theft—such as obtaining medical services in the victim’s name, which will be charged to the victim.
Current and former patients and employees of Clay Platte Family Medicine and its affiliated healthcare clinics have been exposed to a heightened risk of fraud and identity theft and must now closely monitor your financial accounts. You could be at risk of incurring additional out-of-pocket costs for purchasing credit monitoring services, credit freezes, credit reports, or other protective measures to deter and detect identity theft.
Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel has the experience and expertise litigating data breach matters, providing compensation to victims of data breaches, and requiring businesses to enhance their data security practices to protect their consumers. If you suspect your sensitive personal, financial, and health-related information may have been compromised in the Clay Platte Family Medicine data breach, you must take action to protect both your personal and financial well-being. Please call us at 312.782.4880 or reach us via email at lnichols@caffertyclobes.com.
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October 22, 2024Share on Social Media