VCU Health

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System suffered from a data breach incident, 2,700 people's minor child’s electronic medical records unwarranted accesses were made to their medical records.

According to an investigation, certain community physician groups' workers and an employee of a contracted vendor gained access to patient service information at the VCU Health System without having valid business grounds.

The incidences led to the individual employers firing the workers.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/vcu-health-system-notifies-2700-of-inappropriate-access-to-their-medical-records/

"id": "VCU131729722",
"linkid": "vcu-health-system",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"