Alere Home Monitoring, Inc.

Alere Home Monitoring, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Alere Home Monitoring, Inc. experienced a data breach on September 23, 2012, involving the theft of an employee's laptop containing personal health information of potentially affected individuals. The breach was reported on November 13, 2012.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-36954

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/alere-home-monitoring

"id": "ale343072825",
"linkid": "alere-home-monitoring",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2012",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Alere Home Monitoring, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Theft of Laptop',
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Health Information'},
 'date_detected': '2012-09-23',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-11-13',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Alere Home Monitoring, Inc. experienced a data breach on '
                "September 23, 2012, involving the theft of an employee's "
                'laptop containing personal health information of potentially '
                'affected individuals. The breach was reported on November 13, '
                '2012.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Health Information']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Alere Home Monitoring, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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