The Johns Hopkins MyChart Hack Doctors Don't Want You To Know

In february, a massive cyberattack nearly brought down the entire u. s. Doctors are still reeling, and many patients dont even know their data has been exposed. According to the johns hopkins privacy office, johns hopkins email users are frequently targeted for phishing attacks, so faculty members, staff members and students need to be on guard to ensure that our electronic systems remain secure.

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The hackers who stole johns hopkins patient data infiltrated a popular file transfer program called moveit, impacting at least 670 organizations worldwide and stealing the data of 46 million customers, employees and students. Those exposed through hopkins number around 300,000. Security informed us that scammers can use caller id software to make it look like the call is coming from a legitimate phone number when it is actually offshore. They advised us to tell the patient to consider changing their passwords to key email addresses, mychart and bank accounts.

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Johns hopkins university and johns hopkins health system are investigating a recent cybersecurity attack targeting the widely used software moveit that impacted our systems, as well as many other large organizations around the world. A class action lawsuit has been filed against johns hopkins university and johns hopkins health system in the wake of a data breach that impacted patients, students, and employees.

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