Recently UCLA was involved in a data breech in which hackers gained access to parts of UCLA Health's computer network where 4.5 million patient's sensitive information were accessed. This incident is a huge concern as it questions the ability of hospitals, health insurers and medical providers to safeguard the electronic medical records and other sensitive data that are collected. This network contained names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health plan identification numbers and medical information such as patient diagnoses. This access could have begun in September 2014 with some of the information dating back to 1990. Prior to the attack UCLA has been taking steps and spening tens of millions of dollars to strengthen its computer
