Unlike when your Facebook gets hacked or you fall victim to a phishing attack, your personal information can be exposed online through no fault of your own when a company you do business with suffers a data breach. However, this can also happen when a third-party service provider used by multiple companies is attacked by hackers.
As reported by BleepingComputer, the health management solution company HealthEC suffered a data breach over the summer and as a result, the personal data and health information of 4.5 million patients was stolen by hackers. While HealthEC isn’t exactly a household name, its health management platform is used by 26 different healthcare organizations in 18 states across the U.S.
