Children's National Hospital

The D.C.-based Children’s National Medical Center suffered a data security incident after employees fell for phishing emails that affected 18,000 patients.

The compromised information included names, dates of birth, medication, and physicians’ notes regarding diagnosis and treatment.

They informed the health system about the issue, the transcription company, Ascend, was contacted and asked to re-secure the site and remove the transcription documents from the Ascend server.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/childrens-national-medical-center-blames-former-transcription-vendor-for-privacy-breach/

"id": "CHI215523522",
"linkid": "children's-national-medical-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2016",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"