Nebraska Methodist Health System details security breach involving vendor
and last updated 2020-12-19 14:29:14-05
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - Nebraska Methodist Health System is notifying patients of a data breach involving one of its third-party vendors.
The breach involved Blackbaud, which provides customer relationship management and financial services tools for fundraising purposes to thousands of schools, health systems, and non-profits.
On September 21, Methodist learned Blackbaud fell victim to a data security incident involving unauthorized access to Blackbaud systems between Feb. 7, 2020 and May 20, 2020.
Blackbaud said the unauthorized individual may have acquired backup copies of customer databases, including the databases used by the Methodist Hospital Foundation and the Jennie Edmundson Foundation for fundraising efforts.