Intermountain Healthcare Patient Data Breached In 'Security Incident'

The Utah-based health system was the latest to feel the effects of the cyberattack on cancer software vendor Elekta.

Intermountain Healthcare announced on Friday that a data security event affecting a business associate had made protected health information accessible to unauthorized individuals.  

The incident affected four specialty clinics in southern Nevada, said officials from the Salt Lake City-based health system. Neither its facilities in Utah and Idaho nor its systemwide records were affected.  

"Intermountain Healthcare deeply regrets that this matter occurred and sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience or concern it may have caused," said the health system in a press release.