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Health department experiences security breach involving Lake County residents’ personal information

The health department announced they have experienced a security breach in their email system that exposed some Lake County residents’ personal information, the second breach of the year. Lake County officials said on Wednesday they became aware of the breach on November 1. It involved an unauthorized third party gaining access to a Lake County […]

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Lake County Health Department reports security breach that exposed residents’ health data, personal information

The health department has announced they experienced a security breach in their email system that exposed some Lake County residents’ personal health data and private information. Lake County officials announced late last week they became aware of the breach on March 6. It involved an unauthorized third-party gaining access to a Lake County Health Department […]

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Gurnee-based doctor’s group reaches settlement in class action lawsuit following breach of patients’ data

A class action lawsuit settlement has been reached with Gurnee-based Illinois Gastroenterology Group after over 200,000 patients had their private data exposed in a security breach. Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) in April 2022 announced that they discovered unusual activity within their computer network on October 22, 2021. IGG has offices in Gurnee, Highland Park, Lake […]

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Advocate Aurora Health reports data breach that may have exposed personal data of 3 million patients

Advocate Aurora Health, which operates hospitals in Libertyville, Barrington and throughout the Chicago area, reported a data breach that may have affected three million patients. The health system released a statement and said that pieces of code called pixels, which gather user information on some of the health system’s websites or applications, shared certain patient […]

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Gurnee-based doctor’s group reports data breach of patients’ personal, financial data

Illinois Gastroenterology Group, based in Gurnee with offices throughout the Chicago area, said they recently experienced a security breach that left their patients’ private data and financial information exposed. Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) made the announcement Friday and said they discovered unusual activity within their computer network on October 22. IGG has offices in Gurnee, […]

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Lake County Health Department announces two data breaches impacting nearly 25,000 patients

The Lake County Health Department announced two data breaches, one of which occurred in 2019, that compromised the data of almost 25,000 people. Jefferson McMillan-Wilhoit, the Chief Health Informatics and Technology Officer for the Lake County Health Department, said the first breach was discovered on July 22, 2019. McMillan-Wilhoit told the Chicago Tribune that the […]

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Health information of thousands of people in Lake County accidentally released

The Lake County Health Department mistakenly released personal health information of nearly 4,000 residents and staff of long-term care facilities. 3,815 long-term care facility residents and staff had their personal health information shared beyond their facility, officials said on Monday. Between June 4 and August 18, the Lake County Health Department sent weekly reports of […]