Centerstone

Centerstone

Centerstone, a national provider of mental health, addiction recovery, residential care, therapeutic foster care, counseling, and crisis services, suffered a data security incident after unauthorized individuals got access to 3 employee email accounts between November 4, 2021, and February 14, 2022.

The compromised information included name, address, Social Security number, date of birth, client ID, medical diagnosis/treatment information, and health insurance information.

Centerstone worked to implement additional safeguards to help ensure the security of its email environment and to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future.

Source: https://www.hipaajournal.com/zenith-american-solutions-reports-mailing-error-that-exposed-ssns-of-37000-individuals/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/centerstone

"id": "cen1854111122",
"linkid": "centerstone",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Mental Health and Addiction Recovery',
                        'name': 'Centerstone',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Health Information']},
 'date_detected': 'November 4, 2021',
 'date_resolved': 'February 14, 2022',
 'description': 'Centerstone, a national provider of mental health, addiction '
                'recovery, residential care, therapeutic foster care, '
                'counseling, and crisis services, suffered a data security '
                'incident after unauthorized individuals got access to 3 '
                'employee email accounts between November 4, 2021, and '
                'February 14, 2022.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
                                 'Address',
                                 'Social Security Number',
                                 'Date of Birth',
                                 'Client ID',
                                 'Medical Diagnosis/Treatment Information',
                                 'Health Insurance Information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Implemented additional '
                                                   'safeguards to ensure the '
                                                   'security of its email '
                                                   'environment']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Implemented additional safeguards to '
                                       'ensure the security of its email '
                                       'environment']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Individuals',
 'title': 'Centerstone Data Security Incident',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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