Western Pathology Consultants, Ltd.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Western Pathology on July 24, 2019. The breach, which impacted personal information, was linked to Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), and took place on May 15, 2019. It is estimated that the breach may have involved patient information including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and balance information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-149197

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/western-diagnostic-pathology

"id": "wes341072725",
"linkid": "western-diagnostic-pathology",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Western Pathology',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'phone numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'balance information']},
 'date_detected': '2019-05-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-07-24',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Western Pathology on July 24, 2019. The '
                'breach, which impacted personal information, was linked to '
                'Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical '
                'Collection Agency (AMCA), and took place on May 15, 2019. It '
                'is estimated that the breach may have involved patient '
                'information including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates '
                'of birth, and balance information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'phone numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'balance information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-07-24',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical '
                 'Collection Agency (AMCA)',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Western Pathology',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}