The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Amerita experienced a data breach on March 12-13, 2023, involving unauthorized access to its computer network. Approximately 8,238 Rhode Island residents were affected, with compromised data including names, addresses, medical history, diagnoses, medications, and health insurance information. Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers were not involved in the incident. The report was made on September 5, 2023.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-572862
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/amerita-inc
"id": "ame721072625",
"linkid": "amerita-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 8238,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Rhode Island',
'name': 'Amerita',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 8238,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'medical history',
'diagnoses',
'medications',
'health insurance information']},
'date_detected': '2023-03-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-09-05',
'description': "Unauthorized access to Amerita's computer network resulting "
'in a data breach affecting approximately 8,238 Rhode Island '
'residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'medical history',
'diagnoses',
'medications',
'health insurance information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-09-05',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Amerita Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}