Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation on September 9, 2021. The breach occurred on July 15, 2021, potentially affecting protected health information (PHI) including names, dates of birth, and diagnosis information. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-545160

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

"id": "btc353072825",
"linkid": "btcmf",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation',
                        'type': 'Medical Foundation'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'dates of birth'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['PHI']},
 'date_detected': '2021-07-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-09-09',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation on '
                'September 9, 2021. The breach occurred on July 15, 2021, '
                'potentially affecting protected health information (PHI) '
                'including names, dates of birth, and diagnosis information. '
                'The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'diagnosis information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-09-09',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}