Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. on March 5, 2021. The breach occurred on September 23, 2020, due to external system hacking, affecting a total of 39,602 individuals and compromising Social Security numbers. Identity theft protection services were offered to all affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d3f60eab-4daa-42d3-b675-5971ba15d47f.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sandhills-medical

"id": "san326072825",
"linkid": "sandhills-medical",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 39602,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 39602,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-03-05',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-03-05',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. on March '
                '5, 2021. The breach occurred on September 23, 2020, due to '
                'external system hacking, affecting a total of 39,602 '
                'individuals and compromising Social Security numbers. '
                'Identity theft protection services were offered to all '
                'affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-03-05',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}