Geisinger was targeted in a data breach incident by a former employee in a non-permitted manner.
The breach compromised the medical records and other personal information including patient names, date of birth, and other details of over 700 patients.
The company immediately took strict actions and fired the employee and informed the affected patients to be alerted.
Source: https://www.timesleader.com/news/802549/802549
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/geisinger
"id": "gei21525422",
"linkid": "geisinger",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2020",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 700,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Geisinger',
'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
'attack_vector': 'Insider Threat',
'customer_advisories': 'Informed Affected Patients',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 700,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Patient Names',
'Date of Birth'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Medical Records',
'Personal Information']},
'description': 'Geisinger was targeted in a data breach incident by a former '
'employee in a non-permitted manner. The breach compromised '
'the medical records and other personal information including '
'patient names, date of birth, and other details of over 700 '
'patients. The company immediately took strict actions and '
'fired the employee and informed the affected patients to be '
'alerted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Medical Records',
'Patient Names',
'Date of Birth',
'Other Personal Information']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Informed Affected Patients',
'containment_measures': 'Employee Fired'},
'threat_actor': 'Former Employee',
'title': 'Geisinger Data Breach by Former Employee',
'type': 'Data Breach'}