Data Breach at Independent Living Systems Impacts 4 Million Individuals

Health services company Independent Living Systems has disclosed a data breach that impacts more than 4 million individuals.

Florida-based health services company Independent Living Systems (ILS) has started sending out notification letters to more than 4 million individuals to inform them of a data breach impacting their personal and medical information.

Founded in 2001, ILS has 10 offices across the US and provides managed care organizations and providers with clinical and third-party administrative services. The company serves over 4.2 million individuals.

The data breach, the company says, was discovered on July 5, 2022, when some of its systems became inaccessible. Its investigation into the incident revealed that an unauthorized party had access to certain systems for roughly a week, between June 30 and July 5.

“During that period, some information stored on the ILS network was acquired by the unauthorized actor, and other information was accessible and potentially viewed ...