Data of almost 3,000 patients experiencing emergency symptoms was exposed online by MedCall Advisors.
Anyone could have clicked on the approximately 700 audio files and heard the conversations between patients and doctors who were advising.
In addition to audio files, there were also some video files as well as traditional reports and files.
Information such as names, date of birth, relevant medical history, allergies, history of symptoms or incident, Social Security number, and other details were compromised.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/medcall
"id": "med145411022",
"linkid": "medcall",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3000,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'MedCall Advisors',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['audio', 'video', 'reports'],
'number_of_records_exposed': 700,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'date of birth',
'Social Security '
'number'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['audio files',
'video files',
'traditional reports and files']},
'description': 'Data of almost 3,000 patients experiencing emergency symptoms '
'was exposed online by MedCall Advisors. Anyone could have '
'clicked on the approximately 700 audio files and heard the '
'conversations between patients and doctors who were advising. '
'In addition to audio files, there were also some video files '
'as well as traditional reports and files. Information such as '
'names, date of birth, relevant medical history, allergies, '
'history of symptoms or incident, Social Security number, and '
'other details were compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'date of birth',
'relevant medical history',
'allergies',
'history of symptoms or incident',
'Social Security number']},
'title': 'MedCall Advisors Data Exposure',
'type': 'Data Breach'}