Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

The California Office of the Attorney General reported on December 19, 2017, that Children's Hospital Los Angeles experienced a data breach involving inadvertent transmission of a child's confidential health information to the wrong insurance payor. The breach occurred on November 29, 2017, and involved patient details such as name, address, medical record number, date of birth, description of services, and date of service.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-131269

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

"id": "chi542072825",
"linkid": "childrensla",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Los Angeles, California',
                        'name': "Children's Hospital Los Angeles",
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Transmission',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Confidential Health Information'},
 'date_detected': '2017-11-29',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-12-19',
 'description': "Inadvertent transmission of a child's confidential health "
                'information to the wrong insurance payor.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name',
                                 'address',
                                 'medical record number',
                                 'date of birth',
                                 'description of services',
                                 'date of service']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-12-19',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': "Data Breach at Children's Hospital Los Angeles",
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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