WestCoast Children's Clinic

WestCoast Children's Clinic

On November 29, 2012, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving WestCoast Children's Clinic, which occurred on November 20, 2012. The breach involved an unauthorized email disclosure of personal health information to a county social worker, affecting an unknown number of individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-37088

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

"id": "wes159072825",
"linkid": "westcoastcc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2012",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown',
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': "WestCoast Children's Clinic",
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unknown',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Health Information'},
 'date_detected': '2012-11-29',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-11-29',
 'description': 'Unauthorized email disclosure of personal health information '
                'to a county social worker.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Health Information'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-11-29',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': "Data Breach at WestCoast Children's Clinic",
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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