The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Good Samaritan Hospital experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts, potentially exposing personal information, on November 4, 2019. The breach was discovered as a result of a targeted phishing campaign, affecting an unknown number of individuals. The breach notification was reported on May 29, 2020.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-190475
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/goodsamaritanhospitallosangeles
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"linkid": "goodsamaritanhospitallosangeles",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Good Samaritan Hospital',
'type': 'Hospital'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'date_detected': '2019-11-04',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-05-29',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts, potentially '
'exposing personal information, due to a targeted phishing '
'campaign.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information',
'systems_affected': 'Employee Email Accounts'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing Email'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Phishing Campaign'},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Good Samaritan Hospital Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human'}