The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving St. Joseph Health on March 3, 2014. The breach occurred on February 18, 2014, when an employee accidentally sent a Microsoft Excel file containing identifiable patient information to Cain Brothers, affecting an unspecified number of individuals. The disclosed information included names, patient codes, and other patient-related details, but did not involve social security numbers or financial data.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-44318
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/st-joseph-health-system
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"linkid": "st-joseph-health-system",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unspecified number of '
'individuals',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'St. Joseph Health',
'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
'attack_vector': 'Accidental Data Disclosure',
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Microsoft Excel'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Patient Codes'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Patient Codes',
'Other Patient-Related Details']},
'date_detected': '2014-02-18',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-03-03',
'description': 'An employee accidentally sent a Microsoft Excel file '
'containing identifiable patient information to Cain Brothers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Patient Codes',
'Other Patient-Related Details']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-03-03',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'St. Joseph Health Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}