Choice Health Insurance suffered a data breach incident caused by human error.
The compromised data including 600MB of data with 2,141,006 files described as Agents, Commission, Contacts, Policies was also offered for the sale on a popular hacking forum.
The insurance provider notified that due to a technical security configuration issue caused by a third-party service provider, one or its database was accessible through the Internet.
The compromised and published information included first and last name, Social Security number; Medicare beneficiary identification number; date of birth; address and contact information; and health insurance information.
"id": "CHO1188722",
"linkid": "choice-health-insurance",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"