Dexcom breach: glucose-monitor users' health and prescription details taken

Dexcom, maker of continuous glucose monitors, says someone tricked their way into employee accounts and downloaded files. Notices filed in California list health details for users and Social Security or ID numbers for some people.

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- • An outsider tricked their way into certain Dexcom employee accounts and downloaded files.
- • Dexcom cut off the accounts and says it sees no ongoing unauthorized activity.
- • It determined on November 2 that personal information may have been involved; notices were posted by California's attorney general on November 13.
- • Dexcom users: name, address, date of birth, that you use Dexcom, pharmacy and provider, prescription number, certain diagnoses. No SSNs or financial data, per Dexcom.
- • A second group: name, Social Security number, date of birth and government ID information.
- • Total affected: not disclosed.
- • If your letter offers Kroll monitoring, enroll before its deadline.
- • If your SSN was involved, place a free credit freeze at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.
- • Treat unexpected messages about prescriptions, sensors or insurance as possible phishing; contact Dexcom through its official site.

Read full analysis on oag.ca.gov

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