Brooke Army Medical Center

Brooke Army Medical Center

A surgery technician is accused of taking personal information from a surgeon and other active-duty and retired military members at Brooke Army Medical Center.

Abelardo Arellano, 32, was arrested after his wife found a notebook belonging to him with several people's names, birthdays and Social Security numbers in it.

Arellano’s wife is a nurse at the same hospital.

He is being charged with fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.

Source: https://www.ksat.com/news/2018/06/21/surgery-technician-accused-of-stealing-personal-information-from-bamc/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bamc-official

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"linkid": "bamc-official",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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                                               'military members'],
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'San Antonio, Texas',
                        'name': 'Brooke Army Medical Center',
                        'type': 'Hospital'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Insider Threat',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'description': 'A surgery technician is accused of taking personal '
                'information from a surgeon and other active-duty and retired '
                'military members at Brooke Army Medical Center.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Birthdays',
                                 'Social Security Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
 'motivation': 'Unspecified',
 'regulatory_compliance': {'legal_actions': ['Fraudulent use or possession of '
                                             'identifying information']},
 'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': 'Yes'},
 'threat_actor': 'Abelardo Arellano',
 'title': 'Data Theft by Surgery Technician at Brooke Army Medical Center',
 'type': 'Data Theft',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access to Personal Information'}
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