University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

UNC Health Care suffered a data breach incident that exposed 24,000 patients' information in December 2017.

The exposed information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, employment status, employer names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers.

The affected patients were offered free credit monitoring services for one year.

Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article188757969.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill

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"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "12/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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