HealthAlliance

New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $550,000 from HealthAlliance after it failed to protect the personal and medical data of over 240,000 New Yorkers due to a cyber-attack. The breach occurred after the healthcare facility did not address a known system vulnerability highlighted by a vendor, leading to compromised patient data. HealthAlliance faced penalties and was mandated to improve its data security practices.

Source: https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/cybersecurity/data-breaches/news/55249465/hudson-valley-healthcare-facility-operator-fined

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/healthalliance-of-the-hudson-valley

"id": "hea000121424",
"linkid": "healthalliance-of-the-hudson-valley",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '240,000',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'New York',
                        'name': 'HealthAlliance',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Facility'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Vulnerability Exploitation',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '240,000',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal data', 'Medical data']},
 'description': 'HealthAlliance failed to protect the personal and medical '
                'data of over 240,000 New Yorkers due to a cyber-attack. The '
                'breach occurred after the healthcare facility did not address '
                'a known system vulnerability highlighted by a vendor, leading '
                'to compromised patient data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal data', 'Medical data'],
            'financial_loss': '$550,000',
            'legal_liabilities': 'Fines and legal penalties'},
 'lessons_learned': 'Address known vulnerabilities promptly',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Improve data security '
                                                  'practices',
                            'root_causes': 'Failure to address known system '
                                           'vulnerability'},
 'recommendations': 'Implement robust data security practices',
 'regulatory_compliance': {'fines_imposed': '$550,000'},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Improve data security practices']},
 'title': 'HealthAlliance Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Known system vulnerability'}