Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE: ACOR) suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed several employee email accounts.

The breach exposed names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, diagnosis information, treatment information, clinical information, prescription information, Social Security numbers, financial account information, insurance providers, and treatment cost information of its patients.

Acorda investigated the incident after being aware of suspicious activity related to its email system and notified the affected individuals.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/acorda-therapeutics-inc-announces-data-2064299/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/acorda-therapeutics-inc-

"id": "aco145924722",
"linkid": "acorda-therapeutics-inc-",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'name': 'Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Medical Record Numbers',
                                              'Diagnosis Information',
                                              'Treatment Information',
                                              'Clinical Information',
                                              'Prescription Information',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Financial Account Information',
                                              'Insurance Providers',
                                              'Treatment Cost Information']},
 'description': 'Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. suffered a data breach after an '
                'unauthorized party accessed several employee email accounts, '
                'exposing sensitive patient information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Medical Record Numbers',
                                 'Diagnosis Information',
                                 'Treatment Information',
                                 'Clinical Information',
                                 'Prescription Information',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Financial Account Information',
                                 'Insurance Providers',
                                 'Treatment Cost Information'],
            'systems_affected': 'Email System'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified Affected Individuals'},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts'}