The California Office of the Attorney General reported on April 23, 2021, that Doctors Medical Center of Modesto experienced a data breach involving unsecured Protected Health Information (PHI) due to a misconfigured software update by the vendor Medifies on December 1, 2019. The breach potentially exposed various patient details, including names, addresses, and procedure information, though no Social Security numbers or financial information were involved.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-540272
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/doctors-medical-center-of-modesto
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"linkid": "doctors-medical-center-of-modesto",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2019",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Modesto, California',
'name': 'Doctors Medical Center of Modesto',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Misconfigured Software Update',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'procedure information']},
'date_detected': '2021-04-23',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-04-23',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported on '
'April 23, 2021, that Doctors Medical Center of Modesto '
'experienced a data breach involving unsecured Protected '
'Health Information (PHI) due to a misconfigured software '
'update by the vendor Medifies on December 1, 2019. The breach '
'potentially exposed various patient details, including names, '
'addresses, and procedure information, though no Social '
'Security numbers or financial information were involved.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'procedure information']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Misconfigured software update'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-04-23',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Medifies (vendor)',
'title': 'Data Breach at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Misconfiguration'}