FDNY EMS suffered a data breach incident that affected more than 10,000 patients.
The incident happened after an employee’s personal external hard drive was lost.
All the impacted individuals were notified by the FDNY.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/fdny-ems-notifies-more-than-10000-patients-of-possible-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/emsfdnyhelpfund
"id": "ems2311251122",
"linkid": "emsfdnyhelpfund",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "08/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '10,000 patients',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'New York, USA',
'name': 'FDNY EMS',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Lost Device',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '10,000'},
'description': 'FDNY EMS suffered a data breach incident that affected more '
'than 10,000 patients. The incident happened after an '
'employee’s personal external hard drive was lost. All the '
'impacted individuals were notified by the FDNY.',
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'All impacted individuals were '
'notified by the FDNY'},
'title': 'FDNY EMS Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}