Emcare, Inc.

Emcare, Inc.

The California Attorney General reported a data breach involving EmCare, Inc. on May 4, 2019. The breach, which occurred on September 24, 2018, involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts, potentially exposing personal information including names, driver's license numbers, and Social Security numbers. Approximately 1,000 individuals were affected.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-146901

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/emcare

"id": "emc438072825",
"linkid": "emcare",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1000,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': ['EmCare, Inc.', 'Sheridan Healthcorp, Inc.'],
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              "Driver's License Numbers",
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2019-05-04',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-05-04',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts potentially '
                "exposing personal information including names, driver's "
                'license numbers, and Social Security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 "Driver's License Numbers",
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-05-04',
                 'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at EmCare, Inc. and Sheridan Healthcorp, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}
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