McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care hospitals suffered a ransomware attack by the INC Ransom group, leading to the disruption of IT and phone systems. Patients' sensitive information was compromised, including Social Security numbers, health insurance details, medical records, and more. The breach affected 2,192,515 individuals, risking their personal and medical information, which may lead to fraudulent activities. The hospital experienced operational difficulties, and healthcare services were impacted, as patients were requested to bring their own medication and test information due to the loss of database access.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/166851/cyber-crime/mclaren-hospitals-attack.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mclaren-health-care

"id": "mcl000081124",
"linkid": "mclaren-health-care",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "8/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2192515,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'McLaren Health Care',
                        'type': 'Hospital'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2192515,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'health insurance details',
                                              'medical records']},
 'description': 'McLaren Health Care hospitals suffered a ransomware attack by '
                'the INC Ransom group, leading to the disruption of IT and '
                "phone systems. Patients' sensitive information was "
                'compromised, including Social Security numbers, health '
                'insurance details, medical records, and more. The breach '
                'affected 2,192,515 individuals, risking their personal and '
                'medical information, which may lead to fraudulent activities. '
                'The hospital experienced operational difficulties, and '
                'healthcare services were impacted, as patients were requested '
                'to bring their own medication and test information due to the '
                'loss of database access.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'health insurance details',
                                 'medical records'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'operational_impact': 'Operational difficulties and impacted '
                                  'healthcare services',
            'systems_affected': ['IT systems', 'phone systems']},
 'ransomware': {'ransomware_strain': 'INC Ransom'},
 'threat_actor': 'INC Ransom group',
 'title': 'McLaren Health Care Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}
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