System snafu allowed thousands to register for unauthorized vaccine appointment
The hospital noticed the unusual activity on Saturday and shut it down.
A user took advantage of the vulnerability in the Epic scheduling tool and shared an unauthorized scheduling pathway publicly, the hospital said.
The hospital is canceling all the appointments that were made using that pathway.
“These appointments violate the ethical distribution framework Beaumont created based upon the State of Michigan’s mandatory vaccine guidelines. We regret 2,700 people in our community became victims of this unfortunate incident. We remain committed to vaccinating as many people as possible who meet the State’s guidelines,” Beaumont Health Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Hans Keil said. “We are also notifying the Michigan Hospital Association and other Michigan health systems about the issue.”
by Allan Lengel
(Photo: Wayne State University) Beaumont Health’s Covid vaccine schedule was hacked Saturday, allowing 2,700 people to “cut in line” and register for unauthorized appointments. The Beaumont team determined a user took advantage of an Epic scheduling tool vulnerability and shared an unauthorized scheduling pathway publicly, the hospital said in a press release. The eight-hospital network cancelled appointments that used the rogue method and will notify those people by email. It notified the software vendor, Epic Systems Corp. of Verona, Wis., so it could prevent other hacks. “These appointments violate the ethical distribution framework Beaumont created based upon the State of Michigan’s mandatory vaccine guidelines, Beaumont executive Hans Keil said in a statement. We regret 2,700 people in our community became victims of this unfortunate incident.
Beaumont says 2,700 people scheduled a vaccine appointment using backdoor pathway
By Jack Nissen
Beaumont hospital says thousands of people who may have not been eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine cut in line after a security breach in its website.
Someone took advantage of a scheduling tool vulnerability on the hospital s website Saturday and shared an unauthorized scheduling pathway to others.
Hacker gets into Beaumont scheduling, leading to 2,700 extra COVID-19 vaccine appointments
Beaumont Health is canceling thousands of unauthorized COVID-19 vaccination appointments after someone found a way to hack into the hospital s scheduling system and shared it publicly.
The breach allowed 2,700 people to register for an unauthorized vaccine appointment.