Metropolitan Urology Group, S.C.

Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG) suffered a ransomware attack that exposed 18,000 Patients' information.

The compromised includes the Patient's first and last name, Procedure codes, Dates of Service, Patient Account Number or Patient Control Number, and Provider Identification Number.

MUG has stopped all incoming traffic to the impacted servers and the greatest firewall security and email system were deployed.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/metropolitan-urology-group-notifies-almost-18000-patients-of-ransomware-attack-that-exposed-phi/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/metropolitan-urology-group-s-c

"id": "met23178722",
"linkid": "metropolitan-urology-group-s-c",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "03/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 18000,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG)',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 18000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ["Patient's first and "
                                                         'last name'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ["Patient's first and last name",
                                              'Procedure codes',
                                              'Dates of Service',
                                              'Patient Account Number or '
                                              'Patient Control Number',
                                              'Provider Identification '
                                              'Number']},
 'description': 'Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG) suffered a ransomware attack '
                "that exposed 18,000 Patients' information. The compromised "
                "information includes the Patient's first and last name, "
                'Procedure codes, Dates of Service, Patient Account Number or '
                'Patient Control Number, and Provider Identification Number. '
                'MUG has stopped all incoming traffic to the impacted servers '
                'and the greatest firewall security and email system were '
                'deployed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Patient's first and last name",
                                 'Procedure codes',
                                 'Dates of Service',
                                 'Patient Account Number or Patient Control '
                                 'Number',
                                 'Provider Identification Number'],
            'systems_affected': ['Impacted servers']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Stopping all incoming traffic to the '
                                       'impacted servers',
                                       'Deploying the greatest firewall '
                                       'security and email system']},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Metropolitan Urology Group',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}