Memorial Hermann Health System

Memorial Hermann Health System

Memorial Hermann Health System notified thousands of its customers of the data breach after one of its contracted vendors, Advent Health Partners, suffered a cyber attack.

Unauthorized access and suspicious activities were noticed on an employee's email accounts with data from Memorial Hermann including PHI: first names, last names, dates of birth, social security numbers, financial and medical information.

All the impacted customers were notified and given free credit monitoring services.

Source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/information-for-over-6-000-memorial-hermann-patients-accessed-in-security-breach/ar-AATCxBQ

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/memorialhermann

"id": "mem12145522",
"linkid": "memorialhermann",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'thousands',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Memorial Hermann Health System',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['first names',
                                                         'last names',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'social security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['PHI', 'Financial Information']},
 'description': 'Memorial Hermann Health System notified thousands of its '
                'customers of the data breach after one of its contracted '
                'vendors, Advent Health Partners, suffered a cyber attack. '
                'Unauthorized access and suspicious activities were noticed on '
                "an employee's email accounts with data from Memorial Hermann "
                'including PHI: first names, last names, dates of birth, '
                'social security numbers, financial and medical information. '
                'All the impacted customers were notified and given free '
                'credit monitoring services.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['first names',
                                 'last names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'social security numbers',
                                 'financial information',
                                 'medical information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Compromise'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified all impacted customers and '
                                        'offered free credit monitoring '
                                        'services'},
 'title': 'Memorial Hermann Health System Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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