UChicago Med confirms data breach of patient information

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of patients within the University of Chicago Medical Group may have had their personal information exposed.

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UChicago Medicine said it was notified last month of a cyber security incident that happened from July 5 to July 11 last year.

UChicago Medicine said that someone without authorization accessed information from Nationwide Recovery Services, Inc., a now former third-party vendor.

The vendor told UChicago Medicine it's not aware of any misuse of the personal information.

About 38,000 patients were exposed.

UChicago said it would provide a written letter to the latest mailing address to those who were affected.

The information exposed includes: first and last name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, financial account information, and/or medical-related information.

To learn more about UChicago Medicine's response to the security breach, click here.