Kaiser notifies 13 million patients of breach
04/29/24 at 03:00 AM
Kaiser notifies 13 million patients of breach
Becker's Health IT; by Naomi Diaz; 4/25/24
Oakland, CA-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan is notifying current and former patients that it shared information with third-party advertisers. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan reported to the HHS' data breach portal that 13.4 million current and former patients were affcted by the breach. The cause of the breach, according to an April 25 report from TechCruch, was the use of online technologies on its websites and mobile applications that "may have transmitted personal information to third-party vendors."