American Sleep Medicine

American Sleep Medicine

On April 16, 2015, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving American Sleep Medicine. The breach, discovered on March 3, 2015, involved the theft of an external hard drive containing patient information from sleep studies conducted in 2012. The compromised data included names, dates of birth, and medical history. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-49386

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-sleep-medicine

"id": "ame758072525",
"linkid": "american-sleep-medicine",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'American Sleep Medicine',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Medical History']},
 'date_detected': '2015-03-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-04-16',
 'description': 'Theft of an external hard drive containing patient '
                'information from sleep studies conducted in 2012.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth', 'Medical History']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-04-16',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'American Sleep Medicine Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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