Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons Notifies Patients About February 2023 Data Breach

Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons (DMOS) in Iowa has recently notified 307,864 current and former patients that some of their protected health information (PHI) was exposed in a cyberattack almost a year ago. DMOS explained that the incident occurred on or around February 17, 2023, and allowed an unauthorized third party to access and/or remove files containing the PHI of DMOS patients. DMOS said the breach was due to the failure of one of its vendors.

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