PharMerica, a leading US pharmacy giant discloses data breach

SAN FRANCISCO: PharMerica, a leading pharmacy service provider in the US, which operates in more than 2,500 facilities across the country and offers over 3,100 pharmacy and healthcare programmes, has disclosed a data breach that compromised the personal information of nearly six million patients.

PharMerica stated in a data breach notification filed with Maine’s Attorney General that it discovered suspicious activity on its computer network on March 14, reports TechCrunch.

After an internal investigation, it was discovered that an unauthorised third party had recently breached the systems, compromising the personal information of 5.8 million individuals, both current and deceased, including 35,000 patients based in Maine.

According to a letter sent to affected patients, hackers obtained patients’ names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medication, and health insurance information. (IANS)

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