Community Clinic of Maui, Inc. Data Breach

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Community Clinic of Maui, Inc. Data Breach, contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

On September 26, 2024, Community Clinic of Maui Inc., doing business as Malama I Ke Ola Health Center (“Community Clinic of Maui”), filed a notice of data breach with the Offices of the Attorney General in California and Maine. The Community Clinic disclosed that on May 7, 2024, it experienced a cybersecurity incident that affected its network. A subsequent investigation, which concluded on August 7, 2024, confirmed that between May 4 and May 7, 2024, an unauthorized party accessed and exfiltrated sensitive and confidential patients’ Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) and Protected Health Information (“PHI”).

Recently, Community Clinic of Maui has begun mailing notification letters to affected individuals. In the notification, Community Clinic of Maui has offered victims of the Data Breach complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

According to Community Clinic of Maui’s report to the Attorney General of Maine, approximately 123,882 individuals were impacted by the Data Breach. As the announcement was made only recently, the Community Clinic of Maui has not yet disclosed additional details. If you received a data breach notification letter from Community Clinic of Maui, it indicates that you were affected by the Data Breach.

Community Clinic of Maui, also known as Malama I Ke Ola Health Center, is a nonprofit healthcare organization dedicated to serving the Maui community. It provides a comprehensive range of services, including primary care, dental care, OB/GYN, pediatric health, and integrated health services. With three locations, the Community Clinic of Maui employs approximately 116 staff members and generates around $9 million in annual revenue. Since 2019, it has been serving over 11,000 patients.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

The type of compromised information varied among individuals and potentially included:

• Names,
• Social Security numbers,
• Birth dates,
• Driver’s license numbers,
• Passport numbers,
• Login credentials,
• Financial account information,
• Medical records,
• Other.

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.

Personal medical information (a specific type of PII) is referred to as Protected Health Information (“PHI”). It is protected under both state and federal law. Healthcare providers and other businesses who handle PHI are required to protect that information. Like stolen PII, stolen PHI can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity. Quite often, PII and PHI are used in conjunction by hackers.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible.

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Community Clinic of Maui, Inc., contact the Arnold Law Firm at (916) 777-7777 to discuss your legal options or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.