NHS Management, LLC

NHS Management, LLC

The NHS data breach incident compromised the personal health information of thousands of its patients.

The compromised data included confidential files like hospital appointment letters for women who have suffered miscarriages, test results of cervical screening, and letters to parents of children needing urgent surgery along with the names, addresses, phone numbers, and NHS numbers.

The NHS started an immediate investigation and apologized to the affected patients.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10531637/Tens-thousands-NHS-patients-private-medical-information-leaked-shocking-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nhs-management-llc

"id": "nhs03021422",
"linkid": "nhs-management-llc",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "07/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Thousands of patients',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'NHS',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Appointment letters',
                                        'Test results',
                                        'Letters'],
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 'Thousands',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Phone numbers',
                                                         'NHS numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal health information',
                                              'Confidential files']},
 'description': 'The NHS data breach incident compromised the personal health '
                'information of thousands of its patients. The compromised '
                'data included confidential files like hospital appointment '
                'letters for women who have suffered miscarriages, test '
                'results of cervical screening, and letters to parents of '
                'children needing urgent surgery along with the names, '
                'addresses, phone numbers, and NHS numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Hospital appointment letters for women who '
                                 'have suffered miscarriages',
                                 'Test results of cervical screening',
                                 'Letters to parents of children needing '
                                 'urgent surgery',
                                 'Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Phone numbers',
                                 'NHS numbers']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'The NHS started an immediate '
                                        'investigation and apologized to the '
                                        'affected patients.'},
 'title': 'NHS Data Breach Incident',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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