John Muir Health

John Muir Health

John Muir Health, the Walnut Creek-based hospital system suffered a data breach incident that affected 5,450 patients after two of its office laptops were stolen.

The stolen laptops contained the personal and health information of its patients.

John Muir launched the investigation and started notifying the affected patients.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/john-muir-health-to-notify-5450-patients-of-data-breach-2/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/john-muir-health

"id": "joh13312822",
"linkid": "john-muir-health",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2010",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5450,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Walnut Creek',
                        'name': 'John Muir Health',
                        'type': 'Hospital System'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5450,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Health Information']},
 'description': 'John Muir Health, the Walnut Creek-based hospital system '
                'suffered a data breach incident that affected 5,450 patients '
                'after two of its office laptops were stolen. The stolen '
                'laptops contained the personal and health information of its '
                'patients. John Muir launched the investigation and started '
                'notifying the affected patients.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information', 'Health Information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Laptops']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified affected patients'},
 'title': 'John Muir Health Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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