133,862 Americans on the East Coast have been warned after a pharmaceutical company suffered a major data breach, with a trove of sensitive data potentially exposed.

A long-term care pharmacy serving New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia has been involved in a security incident that potentially compromised the data of thousands of people.

IPPC Inc. and its affiliated entities IPPC of New York LLC and Innovative Pharmacy LLC He says An unknown party accessed the company’s technical network between September 18 and 19.

The perpetrator copied and possibly viewed the files during this time.

After completing a review of the files to determine which data related to whom, IPPC says the breach exposed a wide range of personal and medical data, which includes name, Social Security number, medical information and health insurance information.

The IPPC began providing notice of the incident on February 27. On April 1, the pharmacy began sending notification letters to individuals potentially affected by the breach.

“We encourage you to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud by reviewing Your account statements, benefit statement explanations, and free credit report monitoring for suspicious activity and error detection. Suspicious activity should be reported immediately to relevant parties including your insurance company, healthcare provider and/or financial institution.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, the breach likely affected 133,862 individuals.

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