Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Georgia fell victim to a data security incident in the first week of January.
The intruder accessed the personal and protected health information (PHI) including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and some clinical information of approximately 531,000 patients.
The Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic took the help of experts and implemented several additional technical safeguards including new intrusion detection system, improved its firewall, reset all of its user passwords, upgraded its anti-virus software to secure its data.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ga-peachtree-orthopaedic-clinic-reports-breach-to-hhs/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/peachtree-orthopedics
"id": "pea04020422",
"linkid": "peachtree-orthopedics",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2022",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '531,000',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Georgia',
'name': 'Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '531,000',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security '
'Numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['PHI', 'Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2023-01-01',
'description': 'Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Georgia fell victim to a data '
'security incident in the first week of January. The intruder '
'accessed the personal and protected health information (PHI) '
'including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security '
'Numbers, and some clinical information of approximately '
'531,000 patients. The Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic took the '
'help of experts and implemented several additional technical '
'safeguards including new intrusion detection system, improved '
'its firewall, reset all of its user passwords, upgraded its '
'anti-virus software to secure its data.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security Numbers',
'some clinical information']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['new intrusion detection system',
'improved firewall',
'reset all user passwords',
'upgraded anti-virus software'],
'third_party_assistance': True},
'title': 'Data Security Incident at Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic',
'type': 'Data Breach'}