Surgical Dermatology Group in Birmingham, Alabama suffered from a data breach incident after an unauthorizedm party gained access to its system.
The compromised information includes the patient’s name, address, telephone number, email address, home, and work telephone numbers, cell phone number, Social Security number, medical record number, patient ID, physician name, health plan/insurance number, and charges and payments from services performed.
No driver’s license, credit card, or other financial information was stored in any files on the server.
The affected received a letter with instructions on steps they can take to receive free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for a year.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/surgical-dermatology-group-notifies-patients-after-teklinks-hacked/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/surgical-dermatology-group
"id": "sur174481122",
"linkid": "surgical-dermatology-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Birmingham, Alabama',
'name': 'Surgical Dermatology Group',
'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient’s name',
'Address',
'Telephone number',
'Email address',
'Home and work telephone numbers',
'Cell phone number',
'Social Security number',
'Medical record number',
'Patient ID',
'Physician name',
'Health plan/insurance number',
'Charges and payments from '
'services performed']},
'description': 'Surgical Dermatology Group in Birmingham, Alabama suffered '
'from a data breach incident after an unauthorized party '
'gained access to its system.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient’s name',
'Address',
'Telephone number',
'Email address',
'Home and work telephone numbers',
'Cell phone number',
'Social Security number',
'Medical record number',
'Patient ID',
'Physician name',
'Health plan/insurance number',
'Charges and payments from services '
'performed']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Affected individuals received a '
'letter with instructions on steps '
'they can take to receive free credit '
'monitoring and identity theft '
'protection services for a year.'},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
'title': 'Surgical Dermatology Group Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}