On March 9, 2023, Trinity Health Corporation (“Trinity”) filed a notice of data breach with the Massachusetts Attorney General after learning that a data security incident resulted in the confidential information of tens of thousands of patients being leaked. Based on the company’s official filing, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to consumers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, prescription information, medical record numbers, patient ID numbers, dates of birth and other protected health information. After confirming that consumer data was leaked, Trinity began sending out data breach notification letters to all individuals who were impacted by the recent data security incident.

If you are a current or former patient of Trinity Health of New England, your sensitive information may have been leaked in the recent cyberattack. As we’ve noted in prior posts, this significantly increases the risk that you’ll be the target of identity theft or other similar frauds. However, data breach victims can take steps to reduce these risks, and if evidence emerges that Trinity Health was negligent in how it stored your information, you may be able to pursue a data breach lawsuit against the company.

What We Know So Far About the Trinity Health Breach

The available information regarding the Trinity Health breach comes from the company’s filing with the Massachusetts Attorney General. According to this source, on January 5, 2023, Trinity identified suspicious activity within an employee’s email account. In response, Trinity launched an investigation into the incident, which confirmed that an unauthorized party was able to access the employee’s email account between December 16, 2022 and December 18, 2022.

Upon discovering that sensitive consumer data may have been accessible to an unauthorized party, Trinity Health 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, address, phone number, email address, prescription information, medical record number, patient ID number, date of birth and other protected health information.

On March 9, 2023, Trinity Health sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident.

More Information About Trinity Health Corporation

Trinity Health Corporation is a medical services company based in Livonia, Michigan. More specifically, Trinity Health Corporation provides information technology and billing services for its member hospitals and health care providers, including email service. Trinity Health has facilities in 26 states, including 17 integrated clinic networks, 135 senior care centers, and 136 urgent care centers. Trinity Health employs more than 123,000 people and generates approximately $21 billion in annual revenue.