Highmark Health

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Highmark Health on February 6, 2023. The breach occurred between December 13 and December 15, 2022, due to a phishing cyberattack, potentially affecting the personal and protected health information of 1,980 residents.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=14632

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

"id": "hig305072725",
"linkid": "highmark-health",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1980,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Highmark Health',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1980,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Protected Health Information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-02-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-02-06',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Highmark Health on February 6, 2023. '
                'The breach occurred between December 13 and December 15, '
                '2022, due to a phishing cyberattack, potentially affecting '
                'the personal and protected health information of 1,980 '
                'residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                 'Protected Health Information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-02-06',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Highmark Health Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}