The California Office of the Attorney General reported that AltaMed Health Services Corporation experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to patient information starting on May 21, 2018. A total of 5,767 California residents were affected by this breach, with notification letters mailed on February 15, 2019. The compromised information may have included names, addresses, dates of birth, identification numbers, and medical record numbers.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-144769
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/altamed-health-services
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5767,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'AltaMed Health Services Corporation',
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'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5767,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'identification numbers',
'medical record numbers']},
'date_detected': '2018-05-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-02-15',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to patient information at AltaMed Health '
'Services Corporation.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
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'identification numbers',
'medical record numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'AltaMed Health Services Corporation Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}