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Zoll Medical Corporation Data Breach

Posted on behalf of Arnold Law Firm on March 15, 2023 in Data Breach

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Zoll Medical Corporation, Inc., contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.

Zoll Medical Corp. Data Breach On or about March 10, 2023, Zoll Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei company (“Zoll Medical”) sent a Notice of Data Breach Letter (“Breach Letter”) to individuals, including customers and those “considered for use” of a Zoll Medical product (“victims”). The Breach Letter informed victims that their personally identifiable information (“PII”) was exposed when Zoll Medical claims it “experienced a cybersecurity incident that may have resulted in the disclosure of some of your protected health information.”(“data breach”).

According to the Breach Letter, Zoll Medical “detected unusual activity” on their internal network.  Despite Zoll Medical claiming it “promptly took steps to mitigate the incident,” hackers gained access to the victims’ PII on or about February 2, 2023. The PII stolen by the hackers consisted of, including, but not limited to, names, Social Security numbers, addresses and dates of birth.

Zoll Medical discovered the Data Breach on January 28, 2023. It sent Breach Letters to victims on or about March 10, 2023.

Zoll Medical is a manufacturer of critical care medical devices and systems, including software, and is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. It employs approximately 3,430 people, and it has paid-in capital of $1.7 Billion. The data of over 1,004,443 individuals was compromised by this data breach. If you received a Breach Letter from Zoll Medical or any of its related entities, you were impacted by the data breach.

Zoll Medical has offered victims two-years of Experian’s “Identity Works,” which is a credit monitoring and identity theft protection and identity restoration service.

WHAT INFORMATION IS INVOLVED?

According to Zoll Medical, the following information was exposed:

  • Names
  • Social Security numbers
  • Addresses
  • Dates of Birth

This information is called your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). It tells others about you and is considered part of your identity. Businesses are required to secure this information or risk facing statutory penalties, among other legal penalties. Stolen PII can be used by identity thieves to engage in fraudulent activity using your identity.

The best way to protect yourself after a data breach is to sign up for credit and identity protection services as soon as possible. California offers extra protections and legal rights to its residents through the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

NOTICE: If you received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH letter from Zoll Medical Corporation, contact the Arnold Law Firm at 916-777-7777 to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential Case Evaluation form here.