Cleveland Medical Associates was targeted by the ransomware attack that infected some of its systems.
They encrypted the information and demanded that payment be made in order to unlock or decrypt, the information.
The incident did not impact the clinic’s ability to provide care to patients.
According to the investigation, there is no proof that the incident led to the theft or misuse of protected health information.
Cleveland Medical Associates took protecting its patients’ information seriously and offered a year of free credit monitoring to patients potentially affected by the incident.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/cleveland-medical-associates-tells-patients-of-ransomware-incident/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cleveland-clinic
"id": "cle934311022",
"linkid": "cleveland-clinic",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2017",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Cleveland Medical Associates',
'type': 'Healthcare Clinic'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Offered a year of free credit monitoring to patients '
'potentially affected by the incident',
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Yes'},
'description': 'Cleveland Medical Associates was targeted by a ransomware '
'attack that infected some of its systems. The information was '
'encrypted and a ransom was demanded to decrypt it. The '
'incident did not impact the clinic’s ability to provide care '
'to patients. According to the investigation, there is no '
'proof that the incident led to the theft or misuse of '
'protected health information. Cleveland Medical Associates '
'offered a year of free credit monitoring to patients '
'potentially affected by the incident.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': 'Some of its systems'},
'investigation_status': 'No proof that the incident led to the theft or '
'misuse of protected health information',
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'ransomware': {'data_encryption': 'Yes', 'ransom_demanded': 'Yes'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Offered a year of free credit '
'monitoring to patients potentially '
'affected by the incident'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Cleveland Medical Associates',
'type': 'Ransomware'}