In June 2023, HealthCorp Inc. experienced a significant data breach that resulted in the leak of personal health information of over 500,000 patients. The breach was due to a sophisticated cyber-attack exploiting a vulnerability in the company’s systems. Personal data, including medical records, insurance information, and contact details, were compromised. The impact of the breach has raised concerns about identity theft and fraud against the affected individuals, causing reputational damage to HealthCorp Inc. As the company manages sensitive health data, this incident highlighted the critical need for enhanced cybersecurity measures within the healthcare industry.
Source: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/healthcorp-inc
"id": "hea423051124",
"linkid": "healthcorp-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 500000,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'HealthCorp Inc.',
'type': 'Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Exploit vulnerability in systems',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 500000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['medical records',
'insurance information',
'contact details']},
'date_detected': 'June 2023',
'description': 'In June 2023, HealthCorp Inc. experienced a significant data '
'breach that resulted in the leak of personal health '
'information of over 500,000 patients. The breach was due to a '
'sophisticated cyber-attack exploiting a vulnerability in the '
'company’s systems. Personal data, including medical records, '
'insurance information, and contact details, were compromised. '
'The impact of the breach has raised concerns about identity '
'theft and fraud against the affected individuals, causing '
'reputational damage to HealthCorp Inc. As the company manages '
'sensitive health data, this incident highlighted the critical '
'need for enhanced cybersecurity measures within the '
'healthcare industry.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Reputational damage',
'data_compromised': ['medical records',
'insurance information',
'contact details'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'lessons_learned': 'Enhanced cybersecurity measures within the healthcare '
'industry are critical.',
'title': 'HealthCorp Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}