{"id":205608,"date":"2026-04-24T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/uh-cancer-center-cybersecurity-update-deadlines-approaching-for-free-credit-monitoring\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:15:16","slug":"uh-cancer-center-cybersecurity-update-deadlines-approaching-for-free-credit-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/uh-cancer-center-cybersecurity-update-deadlines-approaching-for-free-credit-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"UH Cancer Center cybersecurity update: deadlines approaching for free credit monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

UH Cancer Center cybersecurity update: deadlines approaching for free credit monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/24\/cancer-center-cybersecurity-update\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-24 16:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.hawaii.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. Reading time: 2 minutes
\nThe University of Hawai\u02bbi is reminding individuals who may have been impacted by the UH Cancer Center cybersecurity incident announced February 27 that deadlines are approaching to enroll in 12 months of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance. After these deadlines, enrollment codes will no longer work.
\nDeadlines<\/p>\n

May 31, 2026: Enrollment deadline for individuals who received Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) study notification letter codes
\nJune 20, 2026: Enrollment deadline for individuals who received email-based Experian enrollment codes
\nMay 31, 2026: Closure of the call center to assist all potentially affected individuals<\/p>\n

Kroll Call Center: (844) 443-0842
\nHours: Monday to Friday, 3:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hawai\u02bbi Standard Time
\nCybersecurity incident
\nThe cybersecurity incident involved historical driver\u2019s license and voter registration records (including social security numbers) used decades ago to recruit participants for epidemiological research studies. No information held by the UH Cancer Center\u2019s clinical trials operations, patient care or other divisions of the center was impacted.
\nPotentially impacted individuals
\nThe personal information affected by the incident was located in a subset of research files stored on certain servers that support the UH Cancer Center\u2019s epidemiology research operations, including:<\/p>\n

Two files containing names and date-of-births in combination with SSNs: the first, containing Driver\u2019s License (DL) numbers, was collected in the year 2000 from the State Department of Transportation; the second, containing voter registration information, was collected in the year 1998 from the City & County of Honolulu. At that time, DL numbers in Hawai\u02bbi were typically based on SSNs, and City and County of Honolulu voter registration information also often contained SSNs.
\nFiles for study participants in the long-running Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) Study (recruitment for participants in Hawai\u02bbi and Los Angeles, California from 1993 to 1996) and three other epidemiological studies of diet and cancer focusing on colorectal adenomas (recruitment for participants 1995\u20132007) and colon cancer (recruitment for participants 1994\u20132005), which also had SSNs and\/or DL numbers in combination with names and date-of-births. They may also have contained questionnaires and other study information on participant health, as well as information pulled from national and state public health registries.<\/p>\n

Two files that contain SSNs in combination with names collected from national and state public health registries as part of epidemiology research and study recruitment efforts. One file was closed to new names in 1999, and the other in the mid-2000s. The impacted files may also have contained research registry information about individuals\u2019 health.<\/p>\n

Letters were only mailed to MEC study participants. Other potentially affected individuals were sent email notices where valid email addresses were available. For the remaining individuals, notification was made through notices sent to major statewide media on February 27, 2026, and on the UH Cancer Center website.
\nIf you believe you may have been impacted and did not receive an email or a letter, please call the Kroll Call Center: (844) 443-0842, Monday to Friday, 3:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hawai\u02bbi Standard Time.
\nIndividuals should also check the Spam folders in all of their email accounts. Notification emails were sent from notice@krollnotifications.com with the subject line \u201cNOTICE OF DATA INCIDENT.\u201d Official notification emails were sent between March 16, 2026 and March 20, 2026. Emails received outside of this date range should be considered phishing emails.
\nIndividuals may also visit the UH Cancer Center Cyberattack Information and Resource Website to access support services and additional information.<\/p>\n

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