Jefferson County Health Center d/b/a Jefferson County Health Department suffered a data breach that compromised the confidential patient information entrusted to the organization in a recent cyberattack.
An unauthorized party gaining access to sensitive patient information and compromised information like name and other information in the organization’s care, such as Social Security number and certain medical information.
Jefferson County Health Department sent out data breach notification letters to all individuals who were impacted by the recent data security incident.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/jefferson-county-health-department-9509472/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/jefferson-county-health-center
"id": "jef224926123",
"linkid": "jefferson-county-health-center",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "01/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Jefferson County Health Department',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Data breach notification letters sent to all '
'individuals who were impacted',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
'Social Security Number',
'Certain Medical Information']},
'description': 'Jefferson County Health Center d/b/a Jefferson County Health '
'Department suffered a data breach that compromised the '
'confidential patient information entrusted to the '
'organization in a recent cyberattack. An unauthorized party '
'gaining access to sensitive patient information and '
'compromised information like name and other information in '
'the organization’s care, such as Social Security number and '
'certain medical information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
'Social Security Number',
'Certain Medical Information']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Data breach notification letters sent '
'to all individuals who were impacted'},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
'title': 'Jefferson County Health Department Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}