Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center experienced a data breach due to theft or mistake on October 27, 2023. The breach potentially affected 14,898 individuals, compromising names, Social Security numbers, full dates of birth, health insurance policy or ID numbers, and medical information. The report was submitted on February 29, 2024.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=16487

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"linkid": "fredhutch",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 14898,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Theft or Mistake',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 14898,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'full dates of birth',
                                              'health insurance policy or ID '
                                              'numbers',
                                              'medical information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-10-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-02-29',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center experienced a data breach '
                'due to theft or mistake on October 27, 2023. The breach '
                'potentially affected 14,898 individuals, compromising names, '
                'Social Security numbers, full dates of birth, health '
                'insurance policy or ID numbers, and medical information. The '
                'report was submitted on February 29, 2024.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'full dates of birth',
                                 'health insurance policy or ID numbers',
                                 'medical information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-02-29',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}