Confidant Health experienced a significant data exposure when therapy sessions and sensitive patient records were left accessible in a misconfigured database. Although the data was secured immediately after the company was alerted to the breach, the incident highlights the ongoing risks and challenges in protecting confidential health information. As a provider of addiction recovery care and mental health services, the exposed data could potentially include a wide array of personal and medical details, underscoring the need for stringent cybersecurity measures in the healthcare sector.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-threaten-to-leak-planned-parenthood-data/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/confidanthealth
"id": "con000090924",
"linkid": "confidanthealth",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Confidant Health',
'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Therapy Sessions',
'Sensitive Patient Records']},
'description': 'Confidant Health experienced a significant data exposure when '
'therapy sessions and sensitive patient records were left '
'accessible in a misconfigured database. Although the data was '
'secured immediately after the company was alerted to the '
'breach, the incident highlights the ongoing risks and '
'challenges in protecting confidential health information. As '
'a provider of addiction recovery care and mental health '
'services, the exposed data could potentially include a wide '
'array of personal and medical details, underscoring the need '
'for stringent cybersecurity measures in the healthcare '
'sector.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Therapy Sessions',
'Sensitive Patient Records']},
'lessons_learned': 'The need for stringent cybersecurity measures in the '
'healthcare sector.',
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Secured the Data']},
'title': 'Confidant Health Data Exposure',
'type': 'Data Exposure',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Misconfigured Database'}