Columbia Surgical Specialists, P.S.

Columbia Surgical Specialists, P.S.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach experienced by Columbia Surgical Specialists on March 7, 2019. The breach, a result of a ransomware attack on January 9, 2019, potentially exposed information of approximately 131,260 individuals, including names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and medical information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10617

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/columbia-surgical-specialist-of-spokane

"id": "col902080425",
"linkid": "columbia-surgical-specialist-of-spokane",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "1/2019",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 131260,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Columbia Surgical Specialists',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 131260,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'driver’s license numbers',
                                              'medical information']},
 'date_detected': '2019-01-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-03-07',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach experienced by Columbia Surgical Specialists on '
                'March 7, 2019. The breach, a result of a ransomware attack on '
                'January 9, 2019, potentially exposed information of '
                'approximately 131,260 individuals, including names, Social '
                'Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and medical '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'driver’s license numbers',
                                 'medical information']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Columbia Surgical Specialists Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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