US ambulance billing service Comstar noticed some suspicious activity on its servers that exposed sensitive information belonging to medical patients.
The exposed information included names, dates of birth, information regarding medical assessment and medication administration, health insurance information, drivers’ licenses, financial account information, and Social Security numbers.
Comstar immediately took steps to secure its network and launched a thorough investigation, with the assistance of third-party experts.
It offered free credit monitoring services to the impacted individuals.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/comstar-technologies
"id": "com12317622",
"linkid": "comstar-technologies",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'United States',
'name': 'Comstar',
'type': 'Ambulance Billing Service'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'medical assessment and '
'medication administration '
'information',
'health insurance information',
'drivers’ licenses',
'financial account information',
'Social Security numbers']},
'description': 'Comstar noticed suspicious activity on its servers that '
'exposed sensitive information belonging to medical patients. '
'The exposed information included names, dates of birth, '
'information regarding medical assessment and medication '
'administration, health insurance information, drivers’ '
'licenses, financial account information, and Social Security '
'numbers. Comstar immediately took steps to secure its network '
'and launched a thorough investigation, with the assistance of '
'third-party experts. It offered free credit monitoring '
'services to the impacted individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'medical assessment and medication '
'administration information',
'health insurance information',
'drivers’ licenses',
'financial account information',
'Social Security numbers']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'response': {'third_party_assistance': True},
'title': 'Data Breach at US Ambulance Billing Service Comstar',
'type': 'Data Breach'}