3.5M Patients May Be Affected By Advocate Aurora Data Breach

Advocate Aurora Health said online tracking technologies may have exposed data in Illinois and Wisconsin through patient portals, possibly affectin...

October 21, 2022
5:34 AM

Advocate Aurora Health said online tracking technologies may have exposed data in Illinois and Wisconsin through patient portals, possibly affecting 3.5 million patients. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)DOWNERS GROVE, IL — As many as 3.5 million patients may have been affected by a data breach across the Advocate Aurora Health network. The health care giant said it discovered the breach Thursday, attributing it to online tracking technologies called pixels used to understand how patients and other interacted with the Advocate Aurora website.

Lorraine Swanson