Southwest Health Center

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at Southwest Health Center on May 27, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized access to sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, clinical information, and dates of birth. The incident affected five Maine residents and a total of 46,142 individuals. The breach was attributed to external hacking.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/988dffb7-432d-4672-b886-57305f01ff63.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/southwest-chc

"id": "sou309072825",
"linkid": "southwest-chc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 46142,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Maine',
                        'name': 'Southwest Health Center',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 46142,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'Clinical information',
                                              'Dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-27',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Southwest Health Center experienced a data breach, discovered '
                'on May 27, 2021, involving unauthorized access to sensitive '
                'information, affecting five Maine residents. The breach '
                'potentially compromised Social Security numbers, clinical '
                'information, and dates of birth and was attributed to '
                'external hacking, with a total of 46,142 individuals '
                'affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'Clinical information',
                                 'Dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Southwest Health Center Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}