Sharp Health Plan

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Sharp Health Plan experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to Protected Health Information (PHI) hosted by Delta Dental between May 27, 2023, and May 30, 2023. The breach affected an unknown number of individuals and may have involved member names, social security numbers, dental provider names, and health insurance treatment cost information. The report was made on January 8, 2024.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-579056

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sharp-health-plan

"id": "sha810072725",
"linkid": "sharp-health-plan",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Sharp Health Plan',
                        'type': 'Health Insurance Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['member names',
                                                         'social security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['member names',
                                              'social security numbers',
                                              'dental provider names',
                                              'health insurance treatment cost '
                                              'information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-05-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-01-08',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to Protected Health Information (PHI) '
                'hosted by Delta Dental.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['member names',
                                 'social security numbers',
                                 'dental provider names',
                                 'health insurance treatment cost '
                                 'information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-01-08',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Sharp Health Plan Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}