Verity Health System

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Verity Health System on May 31, 2016. The breach occurred on April 27, 2016, due to an isolated email phishing scam that disclosed certain employee information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and earnings information related to W-2 forms for the 2015 tax year. Approximately UNKN individuals were affected.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-62088

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/verity_health_system

"id": "ver753072625",
"linkid": "verity_health_system",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Verity Health System',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Earnings information related to '
                                              'W-2 forms for the 2015 tax '
                                              'year']},
 'date_detected': '2016-04-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-05-31',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Verity Health System on May 31, 2016. The '
                'breach occurred on April 27, 2016, due to an isolated email '
                'phishing scam that disclosed certain employee information, '
                'including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and '
                'earnings information related to W-2 forms for the 2015 tax '
                'year. Approximately UNKN individuals were affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Earnings information related to W-2 forms '
                                 'for the 2015 tax year']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-05-31',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Verity Health System Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Phishing Scam'}