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.
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"id": "bro2227181122",
"linkid": "bamc-official",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Active-duty and retired '
'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'}