Meal delivery service PurFoods says the personal and protected health information of more than 1.2 million individuals was stolen in a ransomware attack in early 2023.
Partnering with health, Medicare, and Medicaid plans, the Iowa-based organization is the parent of Mom’s Meals, a service that delivers health-focused, refrigerated, ready-to-eat meals throughout the US.
In a filing with the Maine Attorney General’s Office last week, PurFoods revealed that a ransomware attack impacting Mom’s Meals occurred in February and that it also involved the theft of personal information from its systems.
While the attack was identified on February 22, the attackers had access to PurFoods’ network for more than a month, the organization reveals.
“The investigation determined that PurFoods experienced a cyberattack between January 16, 2023, and February 22, 2023, that included the encryption of certain files in its network,” the company told Maine’s Attorney General.
The investigation also determined that the attackers exfiltrated from PurFoods’ systems files that stored personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, payment card data, financial account information, and medical and health information.
The organization says it has started notifying the impacted individuals of the incident, providing them with identity theft and fraud protection guidance and with access to credit monitoring services.
PurFoods also says it has informed the relevant authorities of the incident, including the US Department of Health and Human Services and the three major credit reporting agencies.
However, the organization has not shared details on how the intrusion occurred, which file-encrypting ransomware was involved, and whether a ransom was paid to restore the encrypted data.
SecurityWeek has emailed PurFoods for a statement on the matter and will update this article as soon as a reply arrives.
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