Misconfiguration of web site instruments results in data leak at Novant Well being

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Novant Well being has introduced that the personal data of some shoppers might have been disclosed to Fb’s guardian firm, Meta.

Per the report, the wrong configuration of Novant’s Fb advertisements and a Meta web site visitors instrument led to the leak.

Data in danger contains:

• E mail addresses
• Cellphone numbers
• IP addresses

Novant Well being has said that Social Safety numbers weren’t launched as a part of the leak.

A number of different hospital methods throughout the state additionally unintentionally despatched affected person data to Meta by way of the usage of their instrument.

Per the report, Novant Well being has already despatched multiple million letters to sufferers who’ve been affected by this leak. For individuals who have been impacted, it’s unclear what, if something, Fb does with the data.

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