Southwest Health - Platteville

Southwest Health Center in Platteville, Wisconsin is a non-profit community health provider suffered from a data security incident.

Some current and former workers, their dependents, and people who used Southwest Health for medical care or services have had their personal and protected health information accessed or obtained by an unauthorised party.

The compromised information includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license or state identification card numbers, financial account numbers, medical information, and/or health insurance information.

They sent instructions to affected on how to sign up for complimentary services Southwest Health Center.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/wi-southwest-health-center-notifies-individuals-whose-protected-health-information-was-accessed/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/southwest-health-center

"id": "sou0420822",
"linkid": "southwest-health-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Platteville, Wisconsin',
                        'name': 'Southwest Health Center',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Community Health Provider'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Dates of Birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers',
                                                         'Driver’s License or '
                                                         'State Identification '
                                                         'Card Numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Driver’s License or State '
                                              'Identification Card Numbers',
                                              'Financial Account Numbers',
                                              'Medical Information',
                                              'Health Insurance Information']},
 'description': 'Southwest Health Center in Platteville, Wisconsin suffered a '
                'data security incident where personal and protected health '
                'information of current and former workers, their dependents, '
                'and patients was accessed or obtained by an unauthorized '
                'party.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Driver’s License or State Identification '
                                 'Card Numbers',
                                 'Financial Account Numbers',
                                 'Medical Information',
                                 'Health Insurance Information']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Sent instructions to affected '
                                        'individuals on how to sign up for '
                                        'complimentary services'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
 'title': 'Southwest Health Center Data Security Incident',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}