Marin Medical Practices Concepts, a Novato company that provides medical billing and electronic medical records services was targeted in a cyberattack after that its computer system hacked.
Marin doctors have been unable to access patients’ electronic medical records for more than a week.
They investigated the incident and paid a ransom to regain access to its own data after that all impacted health care systems have been restored and brought online.
Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/08/05/marin-electronic-medical-record-system-hacked-ransom-paid/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/marin-medical-practice-concepts-inc.
"id": "mar17483622",
"linkid": "marin-medical-practice-concepts-inc.",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "08/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Novato',
'name': 'Marin Medical Practices Concepts',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'System Hack',
'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Electronic Medical Records'},
'description': 'Marin Medical Practices Concepts, a Novato company that '
'provides medical billing and electronic medical records '
'services was targeted in a cyberattack after that its '
'computer system hacked. Marin doctors have been unable to '
'access patients’ electronic medical records for more than a '
'week. They investigated the incident and paid a ransom to '
'regain access to its own data after that all impacted health '
'care systems have been restored and brought online.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Electronic Medical Records'],
'downtime': 'More than a week',
'operational_impact': ['Doctors unable to access patient records'],
'systems_affected': ['Medical Billing System',
'Electronic Medical Records System']},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'ransomware': {'ransom_paid': 'Yes'},
'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Restored Impacted Health Care Systems'],
'remediation_measures': ['Paid Ransom to Regain Access']},
'title': 'Marin Medical Practices Concepts Cyberattack',
'type': 'Ransomware'}