{"id":58321,"date":"2017-11-27T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58321"},"modified":"2017-11-27T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:40:27","slug":"california-medical-facility-owes-2m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/california-medical-facility-owes-2m\/","title":{"rendered":"California Hospital Agrees to $2M Settlement After Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>California Medical Facility Owes $2M After Reaching Settlement with the State<\/h3>\n<p>Cottage Hospital was the victim of a breach that lasted a whopping three years.\u00a0 From 2011 to 2013, a security breach left 50,000 patient records exposed to anyone and everyone who completed a basic Google search.\u00a0 The information available online included patient names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical information.<\/p>\n<p>The information was available until an Arizona man came across the data online.\u00a0 He then 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states<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The information was available to basic online searches, this time, due to the lack of a server firewall.<\/p>\n<p>Due to these two breaches, the State of California and Cottage Hospital ended up in a lawsuit.\u00a0 Cottage Hospital settled for $2 million dollars, which may seem like a lot.\u00a0 However, if the State had won, the hospital would have been looking at upwards of $245 million in penalties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Medical Facility Owes $2M After Reaching Settlement with the State Cottage Hospital was the victim of a breach that lasted a whopping three years.\u00a0 From 2011 to 2013, a security breach left 50,000 patient records exposed to anyone and everyone who completed a basic Google search.\u00a0 The information available online included patient names, addresses, 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