Professional Finance Company, Inc. (“PFC”) suffered a data breach incident after its systems were infected with ransomware that impacted 657 healthcare providers across the United States.
The breach compromised the first and last names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and medical treatment information.
The attack disabled the company’s computer system and the unauthorized party orchestrating the attack to view patient data.
PFC notified all the health providers of the breach which is considered the largest healthcare data breach of the year.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/professional-finance-company-inc-9321821/
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/professional-finance-company-inc.
"id": "pfc16198722",
"linkid": "professional-finance-company-inc.",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '657 healthcare providers',
'industry': 'Finance',
'location': 'United States',
'name': 'Professional Finance Company, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['first and last names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers',
'health insurance information',
'medical treatment information']},
'description': 'Professional Finance Company, Inc. (“PFC”) suffered a data '
'breach incident after its systems were infected with '
'ransomware that impacted 657 healthcare providers across the '
'United States.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['first and last names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers',
'health insurance information',
'medical treatment information'],
'operational_impact': 'The attack disabled the company’s computer '
'system'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'PFC notified all the health providers '
'of the breach'},
'title': 'Professional Finance Company, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}