The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester on June 26, 2024. The breach was discovered on November 3, 2023, and involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts between October 23, 2023, and November 3, 2023. This incident potentially affected the personal and/or protected health information of 21,073 individuals.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/surgical-specialty-center-of-westchester-llc
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"linkid": "surgical-specialty-center-of-westchester-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 21073,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Westchester',
'name': 'The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 21073,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
'protected health information']},
'date_detected': '2023-11-03',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-06-26',
'description': 'The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach at The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester (also '
'known as The Mount Kisco Surgery Center) on June 26, 2024. '
'The breach was discovered on November 3, 2023, and '
'unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred '
'between October 23, 2023, and November 3, 2023, potentially '
'affecting the personal and/or protected health information of '
'21,073 individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['personal information',
'protected health information'],
'systems_affected': ['employee email accounts']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'employee email accounts'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-06-26',
'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Westchester',
'type': 'Data Breach'}