Anna Jaques Hospital revealed that the ransomware attack it suffered last year has exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients.
On December 25, 2023, a ransomware attack hit the Anna Jaques Hospital. The hospital revealed that the security breach exposed sensitive health data for over 316,000 patients.
Anna Jaques Hospital is a not-for-profit community healthcare facility located in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Serving the Merrimack Valley, North Shore, and Southern New Hampshire areas, it provides a range of medical services, including emergency care, maternity, oncology, cardiology, and orthopedic care. The hospital has 83 beds and a team of over 1,200 employees, including 200 physicians.
In 2023, upon discovering the cyber attack, the Anna Jaques Hospital took the impacted systems down and launched an investigation into the security breach.
On January 19, the Money Message ransomware gang added the healthcare organization to its Tor leak site claiming the theft of 600GB of sensitive data, including PII and diagnoses.
