The Maine attorney general’s office said that more than 478,000 people were affected by the data breach last spring at Covenant Health, many more than the roughly 8,000 originally reported. More than half were Maine residents.
Covenant owns St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston, St. Joseph Health Care in Bangor and St. Andre Health Care in Biddeford.
The organization said it mailed letters last week to notify affected individuals that an unauthorized third party may have obtained their personal information, including medical records and Social Security numbers.
This story appears through a media partnership with Maine Public.