Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Santa Clara Valley Medical Center on September 27, 2013. The breach was discovered on September 16, 2013, after a laptop containing patient information was stolen on September 14 or 15, 2013, affecting an unknown number of patients with disclosed information including patient names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, and other sensitive data.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-42788

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/county-of-santa-clara

"id": "cou1006080425",
"linkid": "county-of-santa-clara",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2013",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown number of patients',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California, USA',
                        'name': 'Santa Clara Valley Medical Center',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Theft of Laptop',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['patient names',
                                              'medical record numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'other sensitive data']},
 'date_detected': '2013-09-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-09-27',
 'description': 'A laptop containing patient information was stolen, affecting '
                'an unknown number of patients with disclosed information '
                'including patient names, medical record numbers, dates of '
                'birth, and other sensitive data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['patient names',
                                 'medical record numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'other sensitive data']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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