A data breach incident at Cleveland-based MetroHealth System exposed its1,700 patients' information.
The breach occurred during an upgrade to its EHR system, which compromised the information like patients' names, and the dates of their appointments.
MetroHealth System's EHR informed the health care about the breach.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-metrohealth-system
"id": "the142926522",
"linkid": "the-metrohealth-system",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1700,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Cleveland',
'name': 'MetroHealth System',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Exploit during EHR system upgrade',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1700,
'personally_identifiable_information': ["patients' names",
'dates of '
'appointments'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ["patients' names",
'dates of appointments']},
'description': 'A data breach incident at Cleveland-based MetroHealth System '
"exposed its 1,700 patients' information. The breach occurred "
'during an upgrade to its EHR system, which compromised the '
"information like patients' names, and the dates of their "
"appointments. MetroHealth System's EHR informed the health "
'care about the breach.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["patients' names", 'dates of appointments'],
'systems_affected': ['EHR system']},
'title': 'Data Breach at MetroHealth System',
'type': 'Data Breach'}