Empress Ambulance Svc

Empress EMS (Emergency Medical Services), a New York-based emergency response and ambulance service provider suffered from data breach after ransomware attack.

The attacker had gained access to Empress EMS’ systems and exfiltrated “a small subset of files,” a day before deploying the encryption.

The compromised information includes patient names, dates of service, insurance information, and in some instances, Social Security numbers.

Empress informed the US, 318,55 people have been impacted by this occurrence, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Empress EMS is sending letters to those affected and providing credit monitoring services to those who qualify.

Source: https://www-bleepingcomputer-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-york-ambulance-service-discloses-data-breach-after-ransomware-attack/amp/

"id": "EMP208161122",
"linkid": "empress-ambulance-svc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"