Gainwell Technologies

Gainwell Technologies

An unauthorized person had accessed 1,200 Wisconsin Medicaid members participant's information in a program.

The exposed information included names, member identification numbers, and billing codes for services received.

Gainwell investigated the incident and offered free credit monitoring for one year as well as given access to a dedicated call center to answer questions.

Gainwell and DHS worked together to prevent this from happening in the future.

Source: https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/wisconsin-medicaid-information-accessed-by-unauthorized-individual/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/gainwell-technologies

"id": "gai115225522",
"linkid": "gainwell-technologies",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1200,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Wisconsin',
                        'name': 'Wisconsin Medicaid',
                        'type': 'Government Health Program'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1200,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'member '
                                                         'identification '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['PII']},
 'description': 'An unauthorized person accessed 1,200 Wisconsin Medicaid '
                "members' participant information in a program. The exposed "
                'information included names, member identification numbers, '
                'and billing codes for services received. Gainwell '
                'investigated the incident and offered free credit monitoring '
                'for one year as well as access to a dedicated call center to '
                'answer questions. Gainwell and DHS worked together to prevent '
                'this from happening in the future.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'member identification numbers',
                                 'billing codes']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Free credit monitoring for one year',
                                       'Dedicated call center to answer '
                                       'questions'],
              'third_party_assistance': ['Gainwell', 'DHS']},
 'title': "Unauthorized Access to Wisconsin Medicaid Members' Information",
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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