Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported on October 21, 2022, that the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account from March 25 to March 26, 2022, potentially exposing personal information of 79,814 residents. The breached data included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and health insurance information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=13445

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"id": "fre650072625",
"linkid": "fredhutch",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 79814,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 79814,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'driver’s license numbers',
                                              'health insurance information']},
 'date_detected': '2022-10-21',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-10-21',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account "
                'potentially exposing personal information of 79,814 '
                'residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'driver’s license numbers',
                                 'health insurance information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-10-21',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}