From a pressure release: On may 20, 2021, University of northward carolina at Chapel hill school of medicine (SOM) and University of north carolina Hospitals learned that an unauthorized mortal may get gained access to a single SOM faculty members email account. This SOM faculty member provides clinical services at UNC Hospitals. SOM and UNC Hospitals secured the impacted email account, began an investigation, and a cyber surety firm was engaged to assist in the investigation. The investigation confirmed that the unauthorized access was isolated and limited to april 20, 2021. SOM and UNC Hospitals hold no indication that any other SOM or UNC Hospitals user email accounts or patient info systems were involved or accessed. SOM and UNC Hospitals conducted a comprehensive refresh of the contents of the email account and have determined that messages or attachments may have contained some patient information, including patients names, dates of birth, diagnosis and treatment info related to care patients received from UNC Hospitals, and/or information about a search study patients may hold been involved in or eligible for at UNC Hospitals/SOM. Health insurance info was identified for less than 30 patients and social Security numbers for less than 10 individuals. read more on BusinessWire.