November 17, 2023 By Jonathan Greig
In the latest disclosures related to a Russian ransomware gang’s exploitation of the popular MOVEit file transfer service, a federal government agency revealed that more than 330,000 Medicare recipients were affected in a leak of sensitive data.
The U.S. Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides health coverage to more than 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
In a notice on Thursday, the organization said it is sending letters to those who may have been impacted by a breach of the corporate network of Maximus Federal Services — a CMS contractor that used Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer.
The information accessed includes:
