Cancer Research Institute

Cancer Research Institute

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.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10211

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-cancer-research-institute

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"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'}
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