The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving the Cancer Research Institute on August 5, 2020. The breach, which occurred from February 7, 2020, to May 20, 2020, was identified as a ransomware attack affecting approximately 1,312 Washington residents, potentially involving their names and non-public birth dates.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-cancer-research-institute
"id": "the457072625",
"linkid": "the-cancer-research-institute",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1312,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Washington',
'name': 'Cancer Research Institute',
'type': 'Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1312,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Non-public birth dates']},
'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-05',
'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
'a data breach incident involving the Cancer Research '
'Institute on August 5, 2020. The breach, which occurred from '
'February 7, 2020, to May 20, 2020, was identified as a '
'ransomware attack affecting approximately 1,312 Washington '
'residents, potentially involving their names and non-public '
'birth dates.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Non-public birth dates']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-05',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Cancer Research Institute',
'type': 'Data Breach'}