Healthscope

John Fawkner by Healthscope fell victim to a data security breach that exposed Dozens of patients' medical records.

The compromised information included the patients' names, ages, diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, how many days they'd been in hospital and whether they lived alone.

The hospital worked with the Privacy Commissioner and took preventive steps.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/dozens-of-patients-medical-records-found-lying-in-melbourne-street-20170324-gv62op.html

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

"id": "hea224712722",
"linkid": "healthscope",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'John Fawkner Hospital',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Facility'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Dozens',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'ages'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'ages',
                                              'diagnoses',
                                              'treatment plans',
                                              'medications',
                                              'hospital stay duration',
                                              'living status']},
 'description': 'John Fawkner by Healthscope fell victim to a data security '
                "breach that exposed dozens of patients' medical records. The "
                "compromised information included the patients' names, ages, "
                "diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, how many days they'd "
                'been in hospital and whether they lived alone. The hospital '
                'worked with the Privacy Commissioner and took preventive '
                'steps.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'ages',
                                 'diagnoses',
                                 'treatment plans',
                                 'medications',
                                 'hospital stay duration',
                                 'living status']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at John Fawkner Hospital',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}