Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation on September 3, 2020. The breach, which occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, was a ransomware attack affecting 8,052 residents. The potentially accessed data included names, dates of birth, contact details, and medical information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10286

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pkd-foundation

"id": "pkd054072825",
"linkid": "pkd-foundation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 8052,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 8052,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'contact details',
                                              'medical information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-03',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving the Polycystic Kidney Disease '
                'Foundation on September 3, 2020. The breach, which occurred '
                'between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, was a ransomware '
                'attack affecting 8,052 residents, with potentially accessed '
                'data including names, dates of birth, contact details, and '
                'medical information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'contact details',
                                 'medical information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-03',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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