The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Mass General Brigham Incorporated on December 18, 2020. The breach was due to human error where a file containing personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, was posted on a public website for a 14-hour period between November 23-24, 2020, affecting approximately 179 New Hampshire residents.
Source: https://www.doj.nh.gov/citizens/consumer-protection-antitrust-bureau/security-breach-notifications
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mass-general-brigham
"id": "mas539072225",
"linkid": "mass-general-brigham",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 179,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'New Hampshire',
'name': 'Mass General Brigham Incorporated',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 179,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-12-18',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-18',
'description': 'A data breach occurred due to human error where a file '
'containing personal information, including names and Social '
'Security numbers, was posted on a public website for a '
'14-hour period between November 23-24, 2020.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-12-18',
'source': "New Hampshire Attorney General's Office"}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Mass General Brigham Incorporated',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Public Exposure of Sensitive Data'}