The CEO of Athens Orthopedic Clinic says the organization cannot pay for credit monitoring services for all of the 200,000 patients affected by the data breach it recently suffered, ZDNet reports. The clinic was breached in June, with hackers stealing patient records containing names, addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates and medical histories. "Of course, [patients] wish we could pay for extended credit monitoring," Athens Orthopedic Clinic CEO Kayo Elliott said. "We truly regret that we are unable to do so, as we are not able [to] spend the many millions of dollars it would cost us to pay for credit monitoring for nearly 200,000 patients and keep Athens Orthopedic as a viable business.” In related news, an adjustment mishap left the personal information of more than 655,000 Bon Secours patients exposed online for four days. Editor’s Note: The IAPP will be hosting a Data Breach Bootcamp at the Privacy. Security. Risk. conference from Sept. 13-16 in San Jose, California.
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