On September 27, 2017, HumanGood experienced a data breach reported by the California Department of Justice on November 3, 2017. The incident compromised the personal information of 4,844 employees, exposing sensitive details such as names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth, wage information, and health records. The breach posed significant risks, including potential identity theft and financial fraud. In response, HumanGood notified law enforcement and offered affected individuals 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection services to mitigate harm. The exposed data, particularly health and financial records, heightened concerns over long-term privacy and security vulnerabilities for the impacted employees. The breach underscored the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard employee data against unauthorized access.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-103240
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/humangood
"id": "hum028091825",
"linkid": "humangood",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '4,844 employees',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California, USA',
'name': 'HumanGood',
'type': 'Non-profit organization (Senior Living & '
'Healthcare Services)'}],
'customer_advisories': '12 months of credit monitoring and identity '
'protection services offered to affected employees',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'number_of_records_exposed': '4,844',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information (PII)',
'Protected Health Information '
'(PHI)']},
'date_detected': '2017-09-27',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-03',
'description': 'The California Department of Justice reported a data breach '
'involving HumanGood on November 3, 2017. The breach occurred '
'on September 27, 2017, potentially affecting the personal '
'information of 4,844 employees, including names, addresses, '
'email addresses, dates of birth, wage information, and health '
'information. HumanGood notified law enforcement and is '
'providing affected individuals with 12 months of credit '
'monitoring and identity protection services.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'email addresses',
'dates of birth',
'wage information',
'health information'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High (PII and health data exposed)'},
'references': [{'source': 'California Department of Justice'}],
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': 'Reported to the '
'California Department '
'of Justice'},
'response': {'incident_response_plan_activated': True,
'law_enforcement_notified': True,
'recovery_measures': '12 months of credit monitoring and '
'identity protection services for affected '
'individuals'},
'title': 'HumanGood Data Breach (2017)',
'type': 'Data Breach'}