HealthSafe

HealthSafe, a prominent healthcare provider, experienced a significant data breach in April 2023, affecting over 600,000 patients. Unauthorized access was gained through a sophisticated phishing attack, leading to the exposure of sensitive patient information, including names, medical histories, social security numbers, and contact details. This breach highlighted vulnerabilities in HealthSafe's cybersecurity measures, prompting an immediate response to bolster their security infrastructure and implement stronger data protection policies. The breach has raised concerns about the potential misuse of compromised data, and HealthSafe is currently collaborating with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to mitigate the impact on affected individuals.

Source: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/healthsafe

"id": "hea102050624",
"linkid": "healthsafe",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '600,000 patients',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'HealthSafe',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '600,000',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Medical Information']},
 'date_detected': 'April 2023',
 'description': 'HealthSafe, a prominent healthcare provider, experienced a '
                'significant data breach in April 2023, affecting over 600,000 '
                'patients. Unauthorized access was gained through a '
                'sophisticated phishing attack, leading to the exposure of '
                'sensitive patient information, including names, medical '
                'histories, social security numbers, and contact details. This '
                "breach highlighted vulnerabilities in HealthSafe's "
                'cybersecurity measures, prompting an immediate response to '
                'bolster their security infrastructure and implement stronger '
                'data protection policies. The breach has raised concerns '
                'about the potential misuse of compromised data, and '
                'HealthSafe is currently collaborating with cybersecurity '
                'experts and law enforcement to mitigate the impact on '
                'affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Medical Histories',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Contact Details']},
 'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
 'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': 'Yes',
              'remediation_measures': 'Bolster Security Infrastructure, '
                                      'Implement Stronger Data Protection '
                                      'Policies',
              'third_party_assistance': 'Cybersecurity Experts'},
 'title': 'HealthSafe Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Social Engineering'}