Western State Hospital

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Western State Hospital on November 15, 2017. The breach, which occurred on September 20, 2017, was caused by an inadvertent email sent to an incorrect address, potentially exposing the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals. The exposed information included names and medical information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9750

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/western-state-hospital

"id": "wes227080425",
"linkid": "western-state-hospital",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 515,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Western State Hospital',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Email',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 515,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Medical Information']},
 'date_detected': '2017-09-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-15',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Western State Hospital on November '
                '15, 2017. The breach, which occurred on September 20, 2017, '
                'was caused by an inadvertent email sent to an incorrect '
                'address, potentially exposing the protected health '
                'information (PHI) of 515 individuals. The exposed information '
                'included names and medical information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Medical Information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-11-15',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Western State Hospital',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}