Virginia Mason Medical Center

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) experienced a cyberattack involving phishing between December 21, 2021, and January 3, 2022, potentially affecting 3,000 individuals. The medical center discovered the breach on January 18, 2022, which may have exposed various types of protected health information, including names and Social Security numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=11451

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

"id": "vir207072625",
"linkid": "virginiamasonfranciscanhealth",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3000,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Virginia Mason Medical Center',
                        'type': 'Medical Center'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-01-18',
 'description': 'Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) experienced a '
                'cyberattack involving phishing between December 21, 2021, and '
                'January 3, 2022, potentially affecting 3,000 individuals. The '
                'medical center discovered the breach on January 18, 2022, '
                'which may have exposed various types of protected health '
                'information, including names and Social Security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Virginia Mason Medical Center Phishing Attack',
 'type': 'Phishing'}