UConn Health

UConn Health

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that UConn Health experienced unauthorized access to employee email accounts on August 20 and August 27, 2018, potentially exposing personal information of 504 Rhode Island residents, including names and Social Security numbers. The breach was reported on February 22, 2019.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-144949

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/uconnhealth

"id": "uco625072725",
"linkid": "uconnhealth",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 504,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Connecticut',
                        'name': 'UConn Health',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 504,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': ['2018-08-20', '2018-08-27'],
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-02-22',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts at UConn '
                'Health potentially exposed personal information of 504 Rhode '
                'Island residents, including names and Social Security '
                'numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': 'Email Accounts'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'UConn Health Email Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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