Sharp Health Plan

On January 8, 2024, the California Office of the Attorney General reported that Sharp Health Plan experienced a data breach due to a system error in its vendor's printing software, which occurred on December 19, 2023. The breach potentially exposed the names and addresses of individuals receiving letters regarding their behavioral health services in 2023, but no financial information was compromised.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-579058

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

"id": "sha927072625",
"linkid": "sharp-health-plan",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2023",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Sharp Health Plan',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'System Error',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Addresses']},
 'date_detected': '2024-01-08',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-01-08',
 'description': 'A data breach occurred at Sharp Health Plan due to a system '
                "error in its vendor's printing software, potentially exposing "
                'the names and addresses of individuals receiving letters '
                'regarding their behavioral health services in 2023.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Addresses'],
            'systems_affected': 'Printing Software'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': "System Error in Vendor's Printing "
                                           'Software'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-01-08',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Sharp Health Plan Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Printing Software Vulnerability'}