The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the National Capital Poison Center (NCPC) on December 8, 2017. The breach occurred on October 21, 2017, possibly involving unauthorized access to a database containing information collected during calls from 1997 to October 21, 2017. Although it is unknown how many individuals were affected, the breach potentially compromised sensitive information collected over a span of two decades.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-130874
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/poisoncontrol
"id": "poi804072825",
"linkid": "poisoncontrol",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/1997",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'National Capital Poison Center',
'type': 'Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Call information'},
'date_detected': '2017-10-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-12-08',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the National Capital Poison Center (NCPC) on '
'December 8, 2017. The breach occurred on October 21, 2017, '
'possibly involving unauthorized access to a database '
'containing information collected during calls from 1997 to '
'October 21, 2017, although it is unknown how many individuals '
'were affected.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Information collected during calls from 1997 '
'to October 21, 2017'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-12-08',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'National Capital Poison Center Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}