Ransomware attack targets Professional Finance Co., affecting 657 health care clients
Up to 2 million patient records could have been accessed nationwide
GREELEY — A ransomware attack against Professional Finance Co. Inc., a Greeley-based accounts-receivable management company, has resulted in a data breach potentially affecting 657 of the company’s health-care-provider clients and almost two million individuals.
The breach, with more than 1.9 million individuals potentially affected, represents the second-biggest data breach affecting health care companies so far in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Breach Portal. A March attack against Shields Health Care Group Inc. of Massachusetts affected more than 2.4 million individuals.
The Professional Finance breach already has prompted four federal lawsuits accusing the…
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