by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Administrators with the Spectrum Health Foundation have confirmed to NEWS 8 that the organization was impacted by a data breach along with thousands of other nonprofit organizations nationwide.
Spectrum Health revealed that Blackbaud, a company that hosts data for the Spectrum Health Foundation, was the victim of a ransomware attack that was discovered and ended in May. Spectrum Health says it was made aware of the data breach on July 16.
After Spectrum Health conducted an independent investigation, found the hackers accessed information from its Grateful Giving program, which contacts patients who’ve received care to see if they would like to thank the care team and donate.
Officials with Spectrum Health said patient information that may have been impacted includes names, addresses, birth dates, emails, medical record numbers and history of making donations.
They emphasized social security numbers, passwords, credit card and bank information also weren’t impacted as financial-related data is not kept on its databases hosted by Blackbaud.
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