The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Choice Health experienced a data breach potentially affecting personal information on May 7, 2022, due to unauthorized access to a database caused by a third-party service provider's technical issue. The breach may have affected unnamed individuals, involving their first and last names, Social Security numbers, Medicare beneficiary identification numbers, dates of birth, addresses, contact information, and health insurance information. The breach was reported on September 21, 2022.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-557483
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/choice-health-insurance
"id": "cho641072525",
"linkid": "choice-health-insurance",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Choice Health',
'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['First and last names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Medicare beneficiary '
'identification numbers',
'Dates of birth',
'Addresses',
'Contact information',
'Health insurance information']},
'date_detected': '2022-05-07',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-09-21',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to a database caused by a third-party '
"service provider's technical issue, potentially affecting "
'personal information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['First and last names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Medicare beneficiary identification numbers',
'Dates of birth',
'Addresses',
'Contact information',
'Health insurance information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-09-21',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Choice Health Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Technical Issue with Third-Party Service Provider'}