The California Department of Public Health reported a data breach involving Torrance Memorial Medical Center on June 19, 2017. The breach occurred on April 18 and 19, 2017, due to unauthorized access to two staff members' email accounts, potentially affecting personal information such as names, Social Security numbers, and health information for certain individuals.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-97527
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/torrancememorial
"id": "tor730072725",
"linkid": "torrancememorial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Torrance, California',
'name': 'Torrance Memorial Medical Center',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'health information']},
'date_detected': '2017-06-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-06-19',
'description': 'The California Department of Public Health reported a data '
'breach involving Torrance Memorial Medical Center on June 19, '
'2017. The breach occurred on April 18 and 19, 2017, due to '
"unauthorized access to two staff members' email accounts, "
'potentially affecting personal information such as names, '
'Social Security numbers, and health information for certain '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'health information']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Unauthorized Access to Email '
'Accounts'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-06-19',
'source': 'California Department of Public Health'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Torrance Memorial Medical Center',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}