Cosmetic Surgery Clinic

A cosmetic surgery clinic suffered from a data breach incident that exposed the confidential details of 500 women.

The compromised information including names, home addresses, Medicare numbers, and medical history was posted on the internet.

Before and after naked photos of breast enhancements as well as intimate photos of patients posing in their swimwear were also uploaded to a publicly accessible index of the clinic’s website­.

They took preventive steps to secure its website.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/au-cosmetic-surgery-online-mistake-allows-public-viewing-of-womens-photos-private-details/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cosmetic-surgery-clinic

"id": "cos1542231022",
"linkid": "cosmetic-surgery-clinic",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '500 women',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'type': 'Cosmetic Surgery Clinic'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'file_types_exposed': ['Images', 'Text'],
                 'number_of_records_exposed': '500',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'home addresses',
                                              'Medicare numbers',
                                              'medical history',
                                              'before and after naked photos '
                                              'of breast enhancements',
                                              'intimate photos of patients '
                                              'posing in their swimwear']},
 'description': 'A cosmetic surgery clinic suffered from a data breach '
                'incident that exposed the confidential details of 500 women. '
                'The compromised information including names, home addresses, '
                'Medicare numbers, and medical history was posted on the '
                'internet. Before and after naked photos of breast '
                'enhancements as well as intimate photos of patients posing in '
                'their swimwear were also uploaded to a publicly accessible '
                'index of the clinic’s website. They took preventive steps to '
                'secure its website.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'home addresses',
                                 'Medicare numbers',
                                 'medical history',
                                 'before and after naked photos of breast '
                                 'enhancements',
                                 'intimate photos of patients posing in their '
                                 'swimwear']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Preventive steps to secure its '
                                       'website']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Cosmetic Surgery Clinic',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}