Valley Anesthesiology Consultants, Ltd

Valley Anesthesiology Consultants, Ltd

Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants (VAPC) suffred from a data breach incident that get 882,590 current and former patients and employee informations.

An individual had gained access to a system containing PHI.

The attack exposed the names, dates of service, health insurer name and ID number, diagnosis, treatment codes, and treatment locations, social Security and Medicare numbers.

They immediately investigated the incident and notified of the security incident by mail.

Individuals that have had their Social Security or Medicare number exposed, offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services without any charges.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/valley-anesthesiology-and-pain-consultants-notifying-882590-patients-plus-all-employees-and-providers-of-security-incident/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/valley-anesthesiology-consultants-ltd

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"linkid": "valley-anesthesiology-consultants-ltd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 882590,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'customer_advisories': 'Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity '
                        'theft protection services to affected individuals',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 882590,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of service',
                                              'health insurer name and ID '
                                              'number',
                                              'diagnosis',
                                              'treatment codes',
                                              'treatment locations',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Medicare numbers']},
 'description': 'Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants (VAPC) suffered '
                'from a data breach incident that affected 882,590 current and '
                'former patients and employees. An individual had gained '
                'access to a system containing PHI, exposing names, dates of '
                'service, health insurer name and ID number, diagnosis, '
                'treatment codes, treatment locations, Social Security and '
                'Medicare numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of service',
                                 'health insurer name and ID number',
                                 'diagnosis',
                                 'treatment codes',
                                 'treatment locations',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Medicare numbers']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified affected individuals by mail',
              'incident_response_plan_activated': True},
 'threat_actor': 'Unspecified Individual',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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