Palomar Health

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Palomar Health on March 28, 2014. The breach occurred on February 22, 2014, when two flash drives containing patient names, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment information, and insurance information were stolen from an employee's vehicle. The total number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-44642

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/palomar-health

"id": "pal223080525",
"linkid": "palomar-health",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Palomar Health',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient names',
                                              'Dates of birth',
                                              'Diagnoses',
                                              'Treatment information',
                                              'Insurance information']},
 'date_detected': '2014-02-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-03-28',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Palomar Health on March 28, 2014. The breach '
                'occurred on February 22, 2014, when two flash drives '
                'containing patient names, dates of birth, diagnoses, '
                'treatment information, and insurance information were stolen '
                "from an employee's vehicle. The total number of individuals "
                'affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient names',
                                 'Dates of birth',
                                 'Diagnoses',
                                 'Treatment information',
                                 'Insurance information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-03-28',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Palomar Health Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unsecured Flash Drives'}