Shields Health Care Group

Shields Health Care Group (Shields) suffered a data breach incident after it fell victim to a cyber attack in March 2022.

The breach exposed the data of approximately 2,000,000 people in the United State after hackers breached its network.

The exposed information included full names, Social Security numbers, Date of birth, Home address, Provider information, Insurance number, and other medical information.

The breach impacted around 56 facilities and their patient in the region.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shields-health-care-group-data-breach-affects-2-million-patients/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/shields-health-care-group

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

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                'incident after it fell victim to a cyber attack in March '
                '2022. The breach exposed the data of approximately 2,000,000 '
                'people in the United States after hackers breached its '
                'network. The exposed information included full names, Social '
                'Security numbers, Date of birth, Home address, Provider '
                'information, Insurance number, and other medical information. '
                'The breach impacted around 56 facilities and their patients '
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                                 'Date of birth',
                                 'Home address',
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