University of Miami

A University of Miami employee experienced identity theft.

It led to a compromise of the UM email account of patients.

The unauthorized access impacted a limited number of UHealth patients because the email account contained some patient names and medical record numbers.

Source: https://healthitsecurity.com/news/3-latest-email-security-breaches-impact-phi

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/universityofmiami

"id": "uni213927123",
"linkid": "universityofmiami",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "01/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Limited number of UHealth '
                                              'patients',
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Miami, Florida',
                        'name': 'University of Miami',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Identity Theft',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Patient names',
                                                         'Medical record '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Patient names',
                                              'Medical record numbers']},
 'description': 'A University of Miami (UM) employee experienced identity '
                'theft, leading to a compromise of the UM email account '
                'containing patient names and medical record numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Patient names', 'Medical record numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': ['High'],
            'systems_affected': ['UM email account']},
 'title': 'Unauthorized Access to UM Email Account',
 'type': 'Identity Theft',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Identity Theft'}