Southern Illinois Healthcare

Southern Illinois Healthcare suffered a data breach that exposed more than 600 patients' information.

The misdirected data includes names; addresses; Medicare numbers or Member ID numbers for non-Medicare patients.

They took immediate action to identify the cause and correct the error.

SIH mailed notice of the incident to affected patients and posted statements on its websites, sih.net and sihmedicalgroup.net.

SIH offered free credit repair and monitoring services to those potentially impacted.

Source: https://news.wsiu.org/health/2017-06-23/hundreds-of-sih-patients-potentially-impacted-by-insurance-breach#stream/0

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/southern-illinois-healthcare

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Illinois',
                        'name': 'Southern Illinois Healthcare',
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 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'More than 600',
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                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'Medicare numbers',
                                                         'Member ID numbers '
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                                                         'patients'],
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                                              'addresses',
                                              'Medicare numbers',
                                              'Member ID numbers for '
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 'description': 'A data breach at Southern Illinois Healthcare exposed more '
                "than 600 patients' information, including names, addresses, "
                'and Medicare or Member ID numbers.',
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                                 'addresses',
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                                 'Member ID numbers for non-Medicare '
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                                         'Posted statements on websites'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Identified the cause and corrected the '
                                       'error']},
 'title': 'Southern Illinois Healthcare Data Breach',
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