The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Highline Medical Center on August 31, 2016. The breach occurred from April 21, 2016, to June 13, 2016, when files containing patient information were inadvertently left accessible on the internet, potentially affecting 12,724 individuals' names, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/st-anne-highline-medical-center
"id": "st-518080525",
"linkid": "st-anne-highline-medical-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2016",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 12724,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Washington State',
'name': 'Highline Medical Center',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Exposure',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 12724,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Health insurance information']},
'date_detected': '2016-06-13',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-08-31',
'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
'a data breach involving Highline Medical Center on August 31, '
'2016. The breach occurred from April 21, 2016, to June 13, '
'2016, when files containing patient information were '
'inadvertently left accessible on the internet, potentially '
"affecting 12,724 individuals' names, Social Security numbers, "
'and health insurance information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Health insurance information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-08-31',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Highline Medical Center',
'type': 'Data Breach'}