The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Chattanooga Heart Institute on March 28, 2024. The breach, which occurred between March 8 and March 16, 2023, involved unauthorized access to confidential patient information, affecting 547,434 individuals, including 53 Maine residents. Identity theft protection services, including 12 months of credit monitoring through Epiq, were offered to those affected.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/chattanooga-heart-institute
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"linkid": "chattanooga-heart-institute",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 547434,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Chattanooga',
'name': 'The Chattanooga Heart Institute',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 547434,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Confidential Patient '
'Information'},
'date_detected': '2023-03-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-03-28',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to confidential patient information '
'affecting 547,434 individuals, including 53 Maine residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Confidential Patient Information',
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-03-28',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Epiq'},
'title': 'Data Breach at The Chattanooga Heart Institute',
'type': 'Data Breach'}