UNTIL FRIDAY TO REPAIR THE
RUPTURED WATER MAIN AND THEN
IT'S GOING TO TAKE EVEN MORE
TIME TO FIX THE ROAD ITSELF.
AS OF TONIGHT IT'S NOT CLEAR
WHEN THE SECTION OF 694 WILL
REOPEN.
Reporter: A FERTILITY CLINIC
IS DOING WITH A CYBER ATTACK ON
ITS COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT MAY
HAVE AFFECTED MORE THAN 3000
PATIENTS.
CCRM MINNEAPOLIS SAYS IT WAS
THE VICTIM OF A RANSOMWARE
ATTACK MEANING SOMEONE WAS HOLD
THEIR PATIENTS' INFORMATION AND
ASKING FOR MONEY TO GET IT BACK.
Reporter: IT'S AN ALL-
INCLUSIVE FERTILITY CLINIC WITH
IN VITRO LABORATORY.
CCRM'S WEBSITE ALSO DESCRIBES
IT AS A BUSINESS THAT JUST HAD
A DATA SECURITY INCIDENT.
IN A STATEMENT, THE CLINIC SAID
ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE THAT PATIENT
INFORMATION WAS ACTUALLY
ACCESSED OR VIEWED, OR ANY
INDICATION OF ACTUAL MISUSE OF
ANYONE'S INFORMATION, WE HAVE
TAKEN STEPS TO NOTIFY ANY
PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY THIS INCIDENT.
IT'S A VERY PERSONAL BREACH
JUST BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF
THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE
FERTILITY CLINIC.
Reporter: MARK LANTERMAN IS
A CYBER SECURITY ANALYST.
WE ASKED HIM TO REVIEW THEIR
DESCRIPTION OF ITS ATTACK.
THE CLINIC SAYS ON OCTOBER 3
THEY DISCOVERED AN OUTSIDER MAY
HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO PATIENT
NAMES AND ADDRESSES, AS WELL AS
DATES OF BIRTH, SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS, AND DRIVERS LICENSE
NUMBERS AS WELL AS MEDICAL
RECORDS.
BUT IT DOES NOT APPEAR A DATA
BREACH ACTUALLY OCCURRED.
A RANSOMWARE ATTACK MEANS
SOMEONE HAS LOCKED YOU OUT OF
YOUR INFORMATION.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THE CRIMINAL
HAS ACTUALLY VIEWED WHAT IS
THERE.
IT'S NOT THAT THESE
CRIMINALS ARE STEALING MEDICAL
RECORDS.
IT'S THAT THEY ARE ENCRYPTING
THEM, MAKING THEM UNUSABLE TO
THE ORGANIZATION SO THAT THE
ORGANIZATION PAYS THEM TO
REGAIN ACCESS TO THE DATA.
Reporter: CCRM MAILED OUT
LETTERS TO PATIENTS NOTIFYING
THEM OF THE SECURITY INCIDENT
AND THERE IS ALSO A NUMBER
PATIENTS CAN CALL TO ONE MORE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
