Baylor Genetics

Baylor Genetics

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Baylor Genetics on September 14, 2020. The breach, which was a result of a phishing campaign, affected 804 Washington residents and involved compromised personal and protected health information, including names, dates of birth, and financial account numbers. The breach occurred between September 24 and November 14, 2019.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10192

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/baylorgenetics

"id": "bay322072825",
"linkid": "baylorgenetics",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 804,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Baylor Genetics',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 804,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'financial account '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
                                              'protected health information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-09-14',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-14',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Baylor Genetics on September 14, '
                '2020. The breach, which was a result of a phishing campaign, '
                'affected 804 Washington residents and involved compromised '
                'personal and protected health information, including names, '
                'dates of birth, and financial account numbers. The breach '
                'occurred between September 24 and November 14, 2019.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'financial account numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-14',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Baylor Genetics Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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