Beacon Health System

Beacon Health System

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach affecting Beacon Health System on May 29, 2015. The breach involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts between November 19, 2013, and January 26, 2015, potentially affecting the personal and protected health information of individuals, although the exact number of individuals affected remains unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-56184

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/beacon-health-system

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"linkid": "beacon-health-system",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Beacon Health System',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Protected Health Information']},
 'date_detected': '2015-05-29',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-05-29',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach affecting Beacon Health System on May 29, 2015. The '
                'breach involved unauthorized access to employee email '
                'accounts between November 19, 2013, and January 26, 2015, '
                'potentially affecting the personal and protected health '
                'information of individuals, although the exact number of '
                'individuals affected remains unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                 'Protected Health Information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-05-29',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Beacon Health System',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}
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