Kern Medical Center

Kern Medical Center

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Kern Medical Center experienced a data breach due to a theft on February 25, 2012. The breach potentially exposed confidential patient information including names, medical record numbers, and sensitive health information. The incident was reported on April 18, 2012.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-23021

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kern-medical

"id": "ker906072625",
"linkid": "kern-medical",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Kern Medical Center',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Theft',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'medical record numbers',
                                              'sensitive health information']},
 'date_detected': '2012-02-25',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-04-18',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Kern Medical Center experienced a data breach due to a theft '
                'on February 25, 2012. The breach potentially exposed '
                'confidential patient information including names, medical '
                'record numbers, and sensitive health information. The '
                'incident was reported on April 18, 2012.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'medical record numbers',
                                 'sensitive health information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-04-18',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Kern Medical Center Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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