UC-Davis Health System Announced Data Breach Affecting Personal, Medical Information of 1,800 Patients
On Monday, UC-Davis Health System announced that emails containing the personal or medical records of 1,800 patients might have been compromised by a phishing scam discovered last month. According to hospital officials, the scam compromised the email accounts of three doctors, potentially providing scammers access to emails that contained patients' names, medical record numbers and personal information.
- "UC Davis Health System Emails Compromised" (Kasler, Sacramento Bee, 1/27).
- "UC Davis Health Email Compromised by Phishing Scam" (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 1/27).