Trinity Health controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Trinity Health patient data breach
Issue disclosure
Trinity Health said an unknown user downloaded files from a vendor's server on January 20, including patient information. Trinity Health said it was unaware of any misuse of the data.
Company response
Apology — Trinity Health
Trinity Health apologized for the data breach
Remediation — Trinity Health
is offering affected patients free access to identity or credit monitoring services
Source excerpt
The files that were downloaded contained information including patient names, addresses, emails, birth dates, healthcare provider, medical records numbers, lab results, medications, payment, payer names, and claims information.
Certain files on the server were downloaded by an unknown user on January 20, according to Trinity Health.
The health network, which includes Trinity Health of New England, said it was notified by Accellion, a third-party vendor, on January 29 that there was a security issue with its system used for sending secure email.