{"id":55195,"date":"2016-11-15T02:57:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T02:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=55195"},"modified":"2016-11-15T02:57:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T02:57:30","slug":"dermatology-clinic-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/dermatology-clinic-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Riddles Texan Dermatology Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seguin Dermatology Clinic, located in Seguin, Texas was hit with ransomware last Friday. According to Express News, confidential data was breached. This includes names, social security numbers and billing codes for medical services.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, it is unknown how many patient records were accessed. However, the clinic did notify patients of the security breach as soon as possible. The clinic stated they will be tightening security measures as well as enhancing employee training, to prevent future malware infections.<\/p>\n<p>A third-party information technology team was brought in to recovery the encrypted files.<\/p>\n<p>To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place, you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/06\/53032-ransomware-attacks-of-2016\/\">here<\/a>. We have also created a map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S. this year.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1UE6Nko9iRG1tLci_AeqqsxzxGzs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seguin Dermatology Clinic, located in Seguin, Texas was hit with ransomware last Friday. According to Express News, confidential data was breached. This includes names, social security numbers and billing codes for medical services. At this time, it is unknown how many patient records were accessed. 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