CMS says data breach at contractor could affect more than 946,000 Medicare beneficiaries

Healthcare DIVE September 9, 2024
Emily Olsen

The incident was related to a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer software, which was linked to data breaches at thousands of organizations last year.

Dive Brief:

• A data breach at a CMS contractor may have exposed the personal and health information of 946,801 current Medicare beneficiaries, the agency said Friday.
• Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, which manages Medicare Part A and B claims and related services for the CMS, notified the regulator in July that enrollee data may have been compromised last year due to a vulnerability in its MOVEit file transfer software.
• The MOVEit vulnerability, which cyber criminals exploited to steal data, was linked to data breaches at thousands of organizations, including government agencies, contractors,...

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