Dis-Chem, a pharmasy retailer suffered a data breach incident that affected the personal details of 3.6 million customers.
An unauthorized party gained access to a database developed by a third-party service provider and operator for certain managed services for Dis-Chem.
The incident exposed total of 3,687,881 data subjects including the personal information of its customers like first name and surname; email addresses; and cell phone numbers.
Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pharmacy-giant-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dis-chem-pharmacies
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"linkid": "dis-chem-pharmacies",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3687881,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Dis-Chem',
'type': 'Pharmacy Retailer'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3687881,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['first name and surname',
'email addresses',
'cell phone numbers']},
'description': 'Dis-Chem, a pharmacy retailer suffered a data breach incident '
'that affected the personal details of 3.6 million customers. '
'An unauthorized party gained access to a database developed '
'by a third-party service provider and operator for certain '
'managed services for Dis-Chem. The incident exposed a total '
'of 3,687,881 data subjects including the personal information '
'of its customers like first name and surname; email '
'addresses; and cell phone numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['first name and surname',
'email addresses',
'cell phone numbers']},
'title': 'Dis-Chem Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}