Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital suffered after a data breach a data security incident that disrupted the hospital’s computer network.

The breach compromised the following patient data: names, contact information, demographic information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnosis and treatment information, prescription information, Medical Record Numbers, provider names, dates of service, and health insurance information of about 23,379 patients.

Apparently, the data security incident had impacted the functionality of its IT network and disrupted its normal operations after which the hospital secured its systems, and notified law enforcement.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/lubbock-heart-surgical-hospital-reports-6782813/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/lubbock-heart-hospital

"id": "lub2338151122",
"linkid": "lubbock-heart-hospital",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '23,379 patients',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital',
                        'type': 'Hospital'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '23,379',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'contact information',
                                              'demographic information',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'diagnosis and treatment '
                                              'information',
                                              'prescription information',
                                              'Medical Record Numbers',
                                              'provider names',
                                              'dates of service',
                                              'health insurance information']},
 'description': 'Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital suffered a data security '
                'incident that disrupted the hospital’s computer network. The '
                'breach compromised patient data including names, contact '
                'information, demographic information, dates of birth, Social '
                'Security numbers, diagnosis and treatment information, '
                'prescription information, Medical Record Numbers, provider '
                'names, dates of service, and health insurance information of '
                'about 23,379 patients. The incident impacted the '
                'functionality of its IT network and disrupted its normal '
                'operations. The hospital secured its systems and notified law '
                'enforcement.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'contact information',
                                 'demographic information',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'diagnosis and treatment information',
                                 'prescription information',
                                 'Medical Record Numbers',
                                 'provider names',
                                 'dates of service',
                                 'health insurance information'],
            'operational_impact': 'Disruption of normal operations',
            'systems_affected': 'IT network'},
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'Secured its systems',
              'law_enforcement_notified': True},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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