Kern Medical Center

Name of Entity
Kern Medical Center
Organization Type
Healthcare, Medical Providers & Medical Insurance Services
Address

Bakersfield, CA
United States

Description
An employee opened an email that subsequently affected the entire hospital system in late July. The Kern Medical Center temporarily removed itself from the county computer network to prevent the spread of the attack. Patient records were eventually secured, but it is unknown if any were affected by the 16-day malware attack.
Date of Breach
01/01/2010