Data Breach Incident Affects Several Las Vegas Valley Hospitals

In another cybersecurity incident in Las Vegas, cyber actors have targeted several Las Vegas Valley hospitals which may have resulted in the compromise of their patients’ sensitive information. 

The hospitals, part of the Valley Health System, include Centennial Hills, Desert Springs, Spring Valley, Summerlin, and Valley.

“So big question, how many people does it affect?” says Shannon Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer for Tego Cyber.

Wilkinson runs a firm based in Las Vegas, that deals with cyber threats, he adds, “There’s one thing that I recommend that everybody does, and that is if you are not actively trying to get a loan, or get credit cards, or buy a car. Lock your credit.”

ESO, the company that suffered the data breach, is a third-party vendor that supplies software and other services to Valley Health’s emergency medical services. One of the major concerns in regards to the breach is the timeline of when ESO detected the breach and when this news reached the online audience and the ones affected.

With respect to the issue, Valley Health System stated, “Letters were mailed to potentially affected individuals beginning on December 12, 2023.”

ESO notes that the firm detected the incident around September 28, following which they notified their “business associate” of the issue on October 27. 

Wilkinson stated that if hospitals have to shut down systems, these breaches ma

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