Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party gained access to an employee email account as well as the sensitive consumer data contained within the account.
The breach compromised certain individuals’ personal and protected health information.
Fred Hutch secured the compromised email account and began an internal investigation.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fred-hutchinson-cancer-center-announces-6295405/
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center',
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'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
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'description': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center suffered a data breach after an '
'unauthorized party gained access to an employee email account '
'as well as the sensitive consumer data contained within the '
'account. The breach compromised certain individuals’ personal '
'and protected health information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Protected Health Information'],
'systems_affected': ['Email Account']},
'investigation_status': 'Internal investigation began',
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Secured the compromised email '
'account']},
'title': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}