The Missouri Department of Mental Health notified 1,000 people that some personal information might have been mailed to an incorrect address.
The information released included only the participants’ names, not medical or financial information.
The incorrect mailing was caused by a clerical error in printing mailing labels.
Source: https://fox2now.com/news/missouri-mental-health-department-admits-mailing-error/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-missouri-department-of-mental-health
"id": "the9177622",
"linkid": "the-missouri-department-of-mental-health",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1000,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Missouri, USA',
'name': 'Missouri Department of Mental Health',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'attack_vector': 'Clerical Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Low',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'description': 'The Missouri Department of Mental Health notified 1,000 '
'people that some personal information might have been mailed '
'to an incorrect address. The information released included '
'only the participants’ names, not medical or financial '
'information. The incorrect mailing was caused by a clerical '
'error in printing mailing labels.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Participants' Names"]},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Clerical Error in Printing Mailing '
'Labels'},
'title': 'Missouri Department of Mental Health Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Mailing Label Printing Error'}