LAC+USC Medical Center

LAC+USC Medical Center

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the Los Angeles County regarding patient information at LAC+USC Medical Center on April 29, 2015. The breach, which occurred during a law enforcement search on April 3, 2015, affected approximately 900 patients, possibly compromising their full names, medical record numbers, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, insurance information, and social security numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-55750

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lageneralmed

"id": "lag1050072625",
"linkid": "lageneralmed",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 900,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Los Angeles County, California',
                        'name': 'LAC+USC Medical Center',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Law Enforcement Search',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 900,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['full names',
                                              'medical record numbers',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'phone numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'diagnoses',
                                              'insurance information',
                                              'social security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2015-04-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-04-29',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving the Los Angeles County regarding patient '
                'information at LAC+USC Medical Center on April 29, 2015. The '
                'breach, which occurred during a law enforcement search on '
                'April 3, 2015, affected approximately 900 patients, possibly '
                'compromising their full names, medical record numbers, '
                'addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, '
                'insurance information, and social security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['full names',
                                 'medical record numbers',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'phone numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'diagnoses',
                                 'insurance information',
                                 'social security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-04-29',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at LAC+USC Medical Center',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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