The California Office of the Attorney General reported on December 30, 2021, that Barlow Respiratory Hospital experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to patient information between August 21, 2021, and September 1, 2021. Specific types of compromised information included names, contact information, Social Security numbers, and medical records; the number of individuals affected is unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-549020
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/barlow-respiratory-hospital-foundation
"id": "bar631072625",
"linkid": "barlow-respiratory-hospital-foundation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Barlow Respiratory Hospital',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'contact information',
'Social Security numbers',
'medical records']},
'date_detected': '2021-09-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-12-30',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to patient information including names, '
'contact information, Social Security numbers, and medical '
'records.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'contact information',
'Social Security numbers',
'medical records']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-12-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Barlow Respiratory Hospital Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}