On March 6, 2023, Texas Medical Liability Trust (“TMLT”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after learning that confidential consumer information entrusted to the company was leaked in a recent cybersecurity incident. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial account information and protected health information. After confirming that consumer data was leaked, TMLT began sending out data breach notification letters to all individuals who were impacted by the recent data security incident.
If you received a data breach notification from Texas Medical Liability Trust, it is essential you understand what is at risk and what you can do about it. As we’ve discussed in previous posts, data breaches such as these expose sensitive information that hackers will often either use to commit identity theft themselves or sell to another criminal on the Dark Web. To learn more about how to protect yourself from becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft and what your legal options are in the wake of the Texas Medical Liability Trust data breach, please see our recent piece on the topic here.
What We Know So Far About the Texas Medical Liability Trust Breach
The available information regarding the Texas Medical Liability Trust breach comes from the company’s filing with the Texas Attorney General. However, as of March 20, 2023, TMLT has not yet posted notice of the incident on the organization’s website, and the information provided on the Texas AG’s “Data Security Breach Reports” website is minimal. Thus, little is known about what led to the TMLT data breach and how many victims were affected.
However, we do know that upon discovering that sensitive consumer data was made available to an unauthorized party, Texas Medical Liability Trust began to review the affected files to determine what information was compromised and which consumers were impacted. While the breached information varies depending on the individual, it may include your name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, financial account information and protected health information.
Based on the March 6, 2023 data breach posting, Texas Medical Liability Trust plans on sending out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident.
More Information About the Texas Medical Liability Trust
Founded in 1979 by the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Medical Liability Trust provides medical malpractice insurance coverage for Texas physicians. The organization is a self-insured trust, which is led by a group of physicians who are elected to the Board of Governors. TMLT also provides Continuing Medical Education to member physicians. Texas Medical Liability Trust employs more than 127 people and generates approximately $20 million in annual revenue.
