iRhythm discloses cyber incident, says no impact on device systems, patient safety

June 15 (Reuters) - iRhythm Holdings ‌on Monday ​reported ​unauthorized activity involving data maintained on some third-party applications last week, but said it has not identified ‌any impact on products, patient safety or medical ⁠device systems from the cyber attack.

Here are some details from the company's ‌filing:

• The medtech firm said ‌it identified unauthorized activity on June 8 and launched an investigation with external cybersecurity experts.

• The company added that ​on June 9 it received a payment demand from a "threat actor" claiming to have obtained proprietary data, patient ⁠protected health information and other personal information.

• iRhythm deemed the incident material on June ​10 due to the volume of potentially affected data.

• Based on current investigations, the incident does ​not have any impact on manufacturing ‌and distribution operations, financial reporting systems or the company's ability to meet patient needs, iRhythm said.

• ⁠The affected data was obtained through social engineering and is from certain third-party-hosted business applications, it added .

• iRhythm said the incident ⁠did not involve its clinical or medical device systems or customer connections, ​and that it does not store individual financial account or payment card information.

• The company has not identified evidence of ongoing unauthorized access ‌to its systems and continuing to investigate the nature and scope of the incident and who ‌was affected, it added.

• The incident is not likely to ⁠materially affect its financial ‌condition or results, and ​cybersecurity insurance may cover some losses, The company said.

(Reporting by Kunal Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet ‌Das)

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