American Dental Association

American Dental Association (“ADA”)was targeted in a ransomware attack and an unauthorized party gained access to its sensitive consumer data.

The hackers posted leaked data comprising 2.8 gigabytes of data related to W2 forms, non-disclosure agreements, accounting spreadsheets, and other personal information about ADA members on the dark web.

American Dental Association sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised as a result of the recent data security incident.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/american-dental-association-reports-1269240/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/americandentalassociation

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"linkid": "americandentalassociation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'name': 'American Dental Association',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'Sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose '
                        'information was compromised',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
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                                              'non-disclosure agreements',
                                              'accounting spreadsheets',
                                              'personal information about ADA '
                                              'members']},
 'description': 'American Dental Association (ADA) was targeted in a '
                'ransomware attack and an unauthorized party gained access to '
                'its sensitive consumer data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['W2 forms',
                                 'non-disclosure agreements',
                                 'accounting spreadsheets',
                                 'personal information about ADA members']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': True},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Sent out data breach letters to all '
                                        'individuals whose information was '
                                        'compromised'},
 'title': 'American Dental Association Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'ransomware'}