On May 28, 2021, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident at Stanford University School of Medicine involving unauthorized access to personal information, specifically Social Security Numbers. The breach occurred on January 21, 2021, through an external system breach related to a third-party file sharing product. Three residents were specifically affected by this incident, and identity theft protection services were offered to those impacted.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/stanford-department-of-medicine
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"linkid": "stanford-department-of-medicine",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Stanford, California',
'name': 'Stanford University School of Medicine',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'External System Breach',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
'date_detected': '2021-01-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-05-28',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to personal information, specifically '
'Social Security Numbers, through an external system breach '
'related to a third-party file sharing product.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-05-28',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Stanford University School of Medicine',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Third-party file sharing product'}