The health provider Pinnacle suffered a cyber attack that compromised the details of potentially thousands of patients details,
The attack mostly targeted “topline data” and didn’t appear to impact patient records.
The attack impacted services including the Pinnacle group regional offices, and Primary Health Care Ltd (PHCL) practices across Taranaki, Rotorua, Taupō-Tūrangi, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato.
Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300704224/cyber-attack-on-health-provider-pinnacle-a-wake-up-call
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/midlands-health-network
"id": "pin235711122",
"linkid": "midlands-health-network",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "09/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'potentially thousands of '
'patients',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': ['Taranaki',
'Rotorua',
'Taupō-Tūrangi',
'Thames-Coromandel',
'Waikato'],
'name': 'Pinnacle',
'type': 'Health Provider'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['topline data']},
'description': 'The health provider Pinnacle suffered a cyber attack that '
'compromised the details of potentially thousands of patients. '
'The attack mostly targeted “topline data” and didn’t appear '
'to impact patient records. The attack impacted services '
'including the Pinnacle group regional offices, and Primary '
'Health Care Ltd (PHCL) practices across Taranaki, Rotorua, '
'Taupō-Tūrangi, Thames-Coromandel and Waikato.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['topline data'],
'operational_impact': ['Impacted services at multiple locations'],
'systems_affected': ['Pinnacle group regional offices',
'Primary Health Care Ltd (PHCL) practices']},
'title': 'Cyber Attack on Pinnacle Health Provider',
'type': 'Cyber Attack'}