An unusual activity related to the inaccessibility of certain systems within the network of Jackson County Hospital District resulted in data security breach.
The attack impacted its operations including few services to patients and exposed the personal information of its patients.
The exposed information included name, address, date of birth, contact information, Social Security number, medical and health history, financial account information, and username/password.
The hospital district immediately launched the investigation with the help of forensic specialists and restored its operations and services to the patients.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/fl-jackson-county-hospital-district-notifying-patients-of-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/jackson-county-hospital-district
"id": "jac13145522",
"linkid": "jackson-county-hospital-district",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Jackson County Hospital District',
'type': 'Hospital'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['name',
'address',
'date of birth',
'contact information',
'Social Security number',
'medical and health history',
'financial account information',
'username/password']},
'description': 'An unusual activity related to the inaccessibility of certain '
'systems within the network of Jackson County Hospital '
'District resulted in data security breach. The attack '
'impacted its operations including few services to patients '
'and exposed the personal information of its patients. The '
'exposed information included name, address, date of birth, '
'contact information, Social Security number, medical and '
'health history, financial account information, and '
'username/password. The hospital district immediately launched '
'the investigation with the help of forensic specialists and '
'restored its operations and services to the patients.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name',
'address',
'date of birth',
'contact information',
'Social Security number',
'medical and health history',
'financial account information',
'username/password'],
'operational_impact': 'Impacted few services to patients'},
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Forensic specialists'},
'title': 'Data Security Breach at Jackson County Hospital District',
'type': 'Data Breach'}