Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating McLaren Health Care regarding its recent cybersecurity incident. The McLaren Health Care cybersecurity incident may have involved sensitive personal information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.
ABOUT MCLAREN HEALTH CARE:
McLaren Health Care is a system of hospitals and healthcare centers based in Michigan and Ohio. Founded in 1914, McLaren Health Care offers patients comprehensive healthcare, including emergency services, cariology services, neuroscience services, stroke and trauma services, imaging and lab services, rehabilitation, and other healthcare services. Additionally, McLaren Health Care operates Karmanos Cancer Institute, the largest provider of cancer care and research in Michigan. Headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, McLaren Health Care consists of 15 hospitals in Michigan and Ohio, along with various laboratories, research centers, and surgery centers. Across its network of hospitals and healthcare centers, McLaren Health Care employs more than 10,000 individuals.
WHAT HAPPENED?
On August 7, 2024, McLaren Health Care announced that it had experienced a criminal cyber-attack in which the sensitive personal information in its systems may have been impacted. In a statement posted on its website McLaren Health Care states, “McLaren Health Care can now confirm the disruption to our information technology and phone systems that was reported yesterday was the result of a criminal cyber-attack. Our information technology team continues to work with external cyber security experts to analyze the nature of the attack and mitigate the impacts of the threat actors. At this time, we have not determined if any patient or employee data was compromised. Immediately after becoming aware of the attack, our hospitals and outpatient clinics instituted downtime procedures to ensure care delivery within our facilities. Several information technology systems continue to operate in downtime procedures while we work to fully restore functionality to our system.”1
If you believe that you have been impacted by the McLaren Health Care cybersecurity incident:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
