Delta Dental of Arizona

Delta Dental of Arizona is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that their personal and medical data was potentially breached by a phishing attack in July 2019.

An employee of Delta Dental fell victim to a phishing attack giving hacker access to their email account.

The dental insurer discovered suspicious activity on an employee email account and launched an investigation with help from third-party forensic investigators.

They determined an employee fell victim to a phishing scam giving a hacker access to the email account.

The compromised data could include names, contact details, Social Security numbers, member or subscription identification numbers, driver’s licenses, government-issued or state identification numbers, passports, financial account data, dental insurance information, credit or debit information, digital signatures, and or user credentials.

Source: https://healthitsecurity.com/news/delta-dental-of-arizona-reports-july-2019-phishing-attack-related-breach#:~:text=On%20July%208%2C%20the%20dental,access%20to%20the%20email%20account.

"id": "DEL174323423",
"linkid": "delta-dental-of-arizona",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"