Primary Care Network

A Texas-based network of primary care clinics, Family Health Centers, suffered a healthcare data breach that permitted unauthorized access to some PHI.

The breach exposed information including the names, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and protected health information (PHI) of 233,948 individuals.

FMC started investigating the incident as soon as it discovered suspicious network activity.

Source: https://healthitsecurity.com/news/primary-care-clinic-network-suffers-healthcare-data-breach-233k-impacted

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/primary-care-network

"id": "pri203881122",
"linkid": "primary-care-network",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 233948,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Texas',
                        'name': 'Family Health Centers',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 233948,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'mailing addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'protected health information '
                                              '(PHI)']},
 'description': 'A Texas-based network of primary care clinics, Family Health '
                'Centers, suffered a healthcare data breach that permitted '
                'unauthorized access to some PHI.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'mailing addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'protected health information (PHI)']},
 'investigation_status': 'Started investigating the incident as soon as it '
                         'discovered suspicious network activity.',
 'title': 'Family Health Centers Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}