Hospital officials now say that more than 100,000 Connecticut residents had their personal information exposed in a cyberattack back in August that hit Prospect Medical Holdings, the parent company of Eastern Connecticut Health Network. Attorneys for Prospect now say the health care company mailed 109,728 notification letters to Connecticut residents to inform them that their information had been breached. That’s five times as many affected patients than the company reported just two months ago. The cyberattack has also thrown a wrench into an agreement by Yale New Haven Health to purchase Prospect’s hospitals in Connecticut.
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.