The California Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Methodist Hospital of Southern California (MHSC) on November 4, 2020. The breach occurred between February and May 2020, resulting from a ransomware attack on Blackbaud Inc., which affected patient information including names, contact details, demographic data, and medical record numbers. Approximately 3,000 individuals were impacted.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195825
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/usc-arcadia-hospital-original
"id": "usc958072625",
"linkid": "usc-arcadia-hospital-original",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '3,000',
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Methodist Hospital of Southern California',
'type': 'Hospital'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '3,000',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'contact details',
'demographic data',
'medical record '
'numbers'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'contact details',
'demographic data',
'medical record numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-11-04',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-11-04',
'description': "The California Attorney General's Office reported a data "
'breach involving Methodist Hospital of Southern California '
'(MHSC) on November 4, 2020. The breach occurred between '
'February and May 2020, resulting from a ransomware attack on '
'Blackbaud Inc., which affected patient information including '
'names, contact details, demographic data, and medical record '
'numbers. Approximately 3,000 individuals were impacted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'contact details',
'demographic data',
'medical record numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-11-04',
'source': "California Attorney General's Office"}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Methodist Hospital of Southern California',
'type': 'Data Breach'}