The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that General Health System, Inc. (GHS) experienced a data breach due to external hacking from June 24, 2022, to June 29, 2022. The breach potentially affected 20,167 individuals, including sensitive information such as names and Social Security numbers. GHS began notifying affected individuals on November 4, 2022, and is providing 12 months of credit monitoring through Equifax.
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"linkid": "university-general-health-system-inc-ughs-",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 20167,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'General Health System, Inc.',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 20167,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2022-06-24',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-11-04',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'General Health System, Inc. (GHS) experienced a data breach '
'due to external hacking from June 24, 2022, to June 29, 2022. '
'The breach potentially affected 20,167 individuals, including '
'sensitive information such as names and Social Security '
'numbers. GHS began notifying affected individuals on November '
'4, 2022, and is providing 12 months of credit monitoring '
'through Equifax.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notifying affected individuals',
'third_party_assistance': ['Equifax']},
'title': 'General Health System, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}