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The complaint says that UC San Diego failed to comply with basic recommendations and guidelines that would have prevented the breach from occurring, stressing the negative consequences of medical identity theft. Menezes has spent time and effort researching the breach and reviewing her financial and medical account statements for evidence of unauthorized activity, which she will continue to do for years into the future,' said the complaint. They also say the letter is 'downplaying the risk of misuse,' and missing key information about the incident or the hackers' identities. 'Of course, a website posting did not identify which specific patients were impacted and was inadequate to affirmatively alert individuals impacted by the data breach to take measures to protect themselves,' said the complaint. Menezes' attorneys say UC San Diego Health waited months to get in touch with individual patients, despite publishing a general notice about the incident in June. Still, 'UC San Diego HealthвЂ™s letter created more questions than it answered,' according to the complaint.

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In September 2021, she received a notice informing her that she was among the patients whose data вЂ“ including, in her case, full name, claims information, medical record number and treatment information вЂ“ had been exposed in a phishing incident.ДЄccording to UC San Diego Health, the hackers may have had access to private information for months. UC San Diego Health representatives said the universityВ cannot comment on pending litigation.ДЄccording to the complaint, Menezes is being treated for breast cancer at UC San Diego Health's Moores Cancer Center. 'The data breach occurred because UC San Diego Health failed to implement reasonable security procedures and practices, failed to provide its employees with basic cybersecurity training designed to prevent 'phishing' attacks, failed to take adequate steps to monitor for and detect unusual activity on its servers, failed to disclose material facts surrounding its deficient data security protocols and failed to timely notify the victims of the data breach,' read the complaint, which was filed in California federal court. The plaintiff, Denise Menezes, is raising allegations of negligence, breach of contract, breach of confidence, and the violation of California's laws about medical privacy and unfair competition.

The university asked that any suspicious emails be sent to their campus update, UC Davis encouraged campus members to protect their information by avoiding phishing emails, using strong passwords, keeping devices in secure locations and reporting suspicious activity.A patient in El Cajon, California, sued University of California, San Diego Health this past week over a security breach that potentially exposed the private information of 495,949В patients. UC Davis warned students and staff to be on the lookout for any suspicious emails, as the attackers may send messages to extort people for money. Those that might have had their data accessed will be notified of the next steps they should take, UC said.

The UC said in a statement that Accellion вЂњhas publicly admitted to the data breach, which has impacted about 100 organizations across the country, with at least 25 suffering significant data loss.вЂќДЇederal law enforcement has been notified and an investigation has begun UC will also do its own investigation to determine what files may have been copied and transferred in the cyberattack.

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The attack involves Accellion, a vendor used for file transfer, in which an вЂњunauthorized individual appears to have copied and transferred UC files by exploiting a vulnerability in AccellionвЂ™s file-transfer service,вЂќ said the UC in an update this week.вЂќ

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