The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Redwood Eye Center on December 6, 2018. The breach occurred on September 19, 2018, and involved a ransomware attack affecting the electronic medical records of 16,055 patients, potentially exposing names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and medical treatment details.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-142414
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/redwood-eye-center
"id": "red914080425",
"linkid": "redwood-eye-center",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "9/2018",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 16055,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Redwood Eye Center',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 16055,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'health insurance information',
'medical treatment details']},
'date_detected': '2018-09-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-12-06',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Redwood Eye Center on December 6, 2018. The '
'breach occurred on September 19, 2018, and involved a '
'ransomware attack affecting the electronic medical records of '
'16,055 patients, potentially exposing names, addresses, dates '
'of birth, health insurance information, and medical treatment '
'details.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'health insurance information',
'medical treatment details'],
'systems_affected': 'Electronic medical records'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-12-06',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Redwood Eye Center Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}