Guardian Pharmacy

Guardian Jacksonville Notified 11,521 Patients of Email Compromise of Protected Health Information.

The unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient information, including patient name, prescription medication information, treatment details, and diagnosis information.

For a small number of individuals, this information also included Social Security numbers and health insurance information.

It was determined that certain pieces of patient information were accessible to an unauthorized individuals.

Guardian is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of its patients’ information and cannot confirm if their information was accessed without authorization.

Credit monitoring and identity restoration services are being offered to patients whose Social Security numbers were potentially impacted by this event.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/guardian-jacksonville-notifies-11521-patients-of-email-compromise-of-protected-health-information/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/guardian-pharmacy

"id": "gua211227622",
"linkid": "guardian-pharmacy",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "04/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 11521,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Jacksonville',
                        'name': 'Guardian Jacksonville',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 11521,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['patient name',
                                              'prescription medication '
                                              'information',
                                              'treatment details',
                                              'diagnosis information',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'health insurance information']},
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient '
                'information, including patient name, prescription medication '
                'information, treatment details, and diagnosis information. '
                'For a small number of individuals, this information also '
                'included Social Security numbers and health insurance '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['patient name',
                                 'prescription medication information',
                                 'treatment details',
                                 'diagnosis information',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'health insurance information']},
 'recommendations': ['Offer credit monitoring and identity restoration '
                     'services to affected patients'],
 'title': 'Guardian Jacksonville Notified 11,521 Patients of Email Compromise '
          'of Protected Health Information',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}