Health Net of California

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Health Net of California on May 13, 2019. The breach occurred between March 1, 2019, and March 12, 2019, due to a coding error that resulted in protected health information (PHI) being sent to incorrect addresses, affecting an unspecified number of individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-147159

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/health-net

"id": "hea103072725",
"linkid": "health-net",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unspecified number of '
                                              'individuals',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Health Net of California',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Coding Error',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unspecified',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Protected Health Information '
                                             '(PHI)'},
 'date_detected': '2019-05-13',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-05-13',
 'description': 'A data breach involving Health Net of California occurred due '
                'to a coding error that resulted in protected health '
                'information (PHI) being sent to incorrect addresses.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Protected Health Information (PHI)'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Coding Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-05-13',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Health Net of California Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Coding Error'}