THROCKMORTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital suffered from a data breach incident after unauthorized access and malware from the systems.

The compromised information includes first and last name, address, date of birth, gender, service date, diagnosis, current procedural terminology code, condition, medication, and details of hospital visits.

Employees of the hospital had their wage history, social security number, payroll, and filing information breached.

Patients and employees affected by the breach received a letter regarding safeguards to be implemented in response to the incident.

The hospital has also arranged for the affected patients to be enrolled in a free online credit monitoring service and fraud insurance.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/breach-at-throckmorton-county-memorial-hospital-affects-patients-and-employees-personal-and-protected-health-information/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/throckmorton-county-memorial-hospital

"id": "thr203881222",
"linkid": "throckmorton-county-memorial-hospital",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital',
                        'type': 'Hospital'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access, Malware',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Medical Information',
                                              'Employment Information']},
 'description': 'Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital suffered from a data '
                'breach incident after unauthorized access and malware from '
                'the systems. The compromised information includes first and '
                'last name, address, date of birth, gender, service date, '
                'diagnosis, current procedural terminology code, condition, '
                'medication, and details of hospital visits. Employees of the '
                'hospital had their wage history, social security number, '
                'payroll, and filing information breached. Patients and '
                'employees affected by the breach received a letter regarding '
                'safeguards to be implemented in response to the incident. The '
                'hospital has also arranged for the affected patients to be '
                'enrolled in a free online credit monitoring service and fraud '
                'insurance.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['First and last name',
                                 'Address',
                                 'Date of birth',
                                 'Gender',
                                 'Service date',
                                 'Diagnosis',
                                 'Current procedural terminology code',
                                 'Condition',
                                 'Medication',
                                 'Details of hospital visits',
                                 'Wage history',
                                 'Social security number',
                                 'Payroll',
                                 'Filing information']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Sending letters to affected patients '
                                         'and employees regarding safeguards'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Arranged free online credit monitoring '
                                       'service',
                                       'Provided fraud insurance']},
 'title': 'Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}