Louisiana-based Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) experienced a data breach incident.
The breach impacted 269,752 individuals.
The breach occurred between October 20 and 21.
An unauthorized party had gained access to its network.
The unauthorized third party had accessed and potentially obtained certain files containing patient names, addresses, identification numbers, health insurance information, payment information, dates of birth, and clinical information.
Some Social Security numbers were also impacted.
Source: https://healthitsecurity.com/news/louisiana-health-system-notifies-270k-of-healthcare-data-breach
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/lakecharlesmemorial
"id": "lak22827123",
"linkid": "lakecharlesmemorial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 269752,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Louisiana',
'name': 'Lake Charles Memorial Health System',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 269752,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient Names',
'Addresses',
'Identification Numbers',
'Health Insurance Information',
'Payment Information',
'Dates of Birth',
'Clinical Information',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2023-10-20',
'description': 'Louisiana-based Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) '
'experienced a data breach incident. The breach impacted '
'269,752 individuals. The breach occurred between October 20 '
'and 21. An unauthorized party had gained access to its '
'network. The unauthorized third party had accessed and '
'potentially obtained certain files containing patient names, '
'addresses, identification numbers, health insurance '
'information, payment information, dates of birth, and '
'clinical information. Some Social Security numbers were also '
'impacted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient Names',
'Addresses',
'Identification Numbers',
'Health Insurance Information',
'Payment Information',
'Dates of Birth',
'Clinical Information',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Third Party',
'title': 'Data Breach at Lake Charles Memorial Health System',
'type': 'Data Breach'}