NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health suffered a data breach incident in November 2021.

There was a misalignment of patient names and addresses on the envelope which was used to communicate with the patients to inform them about the relocation of one of their oncology surgeons.

NYU Langone established a toll-free call center to help those affected by the breach.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/nyu-langone-notified-1123-patients-of-privacy-issue-due-to-mailing-vendor-error/

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

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"linkid": "nyulangonehealth",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"

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                        'location': 'New York, USA',
                        'name': 'NYU Langone Health',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Patient names',
                                                         'Patient addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient names',
                                              'Patient addresses']},
 'date_detected': 'November 2021',
 'description': 'NYU Langone Health suffered a data breach incident in '
                'November 2021. There was a misalignment of patient names and '
                'addresses on the envelope which was used to communicate with '
                'the patients to inform them about the relocation of one of '
                'their oncology surgeons.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient names', 'Patient addresses']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Established a toll-free call center']},
 'title': 'NYU Langone Health Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}