The Arizona Department of Health Services suffered from a data breach incident that exposed 2,500 individuals and families with newborn baby data.
The compromised information includes health information for children tested in the program and their mothers, as well as their addresses, birth dates, health-insurance records, names, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
They took preventive steps to avoid such mishaps in the future, including the possibility of using a secure website for the digital transfer of protected health and billing records.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/arizona-department-of-health-services
"id": "ari165822922",
"linkid": "arizona-department-of-health-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2500,
'industry': 'Health Services',
'location': 'Arizona',
'name': 'Arizona Department of Health Services',
'type': 'Government'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2500,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'birth dates',
'Social Security '
'numbers',
'phone numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['health information',
'personal information']},
'description': 'The Arizona Department of Health Services experienced a data '
'breach that exposed the personal and health information of '
'2,500 individuals and families with newborn baby data.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['health information for children',
'health information for mothers',
'addresses',
'birth dates',
'health-insurance records',
'names',
'phone numbers',
'Social Security numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Using a secure website for '
'the digital transfer of '
'protected health and '
'billing records']},
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Using a secure website for the digital '
'transfer of protected health and '
'billing records']},
'title': 'Arizona Department of Health Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}