Washington State Health Care Authority

The Washington State Health Care Authority reported a data breach involving approximately 91,187 Medicaid beneficiaries on February 9, 2016. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to protected health information, occurred between November 15, 2013, and December 24, 2015, when an employee emailed sensitive information to an unauthorized recipient.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9610

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"id": "wa-226072825",
"linkid": "wa-hca",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '91,187 Medicaid beneficiaries',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Washington State Health Care Authority',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '91,187',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Protected Health Information'},
 'date_detected': '2016-02-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-02-09',
 'description': 'The Washington State Health Care Authority reported a data '
                'breach involving approximately 91,187 Medicaid beneficiaries '
                'on February 9, 2016. The breach, which involved unauthorized '
                'access to protected health information, occurred between '
                'November 15, 2013, and December 24, 2015, when an employee '
                'emailed sensitive information to an unauthorized recipient.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Protected Health Information'},
 'threat_actor': 'Employee',
 'title': 'Washington State Health Care Authority Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}