Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

Yakima Neighborhood Health Services

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services (YNHS) on November 14, 2022. The breach, which occurred on October 4, 2022, involved the accidental disclosure of personal and protected health information affecting 2,689 Washington residents, including names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and medical treatment locations.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=14092

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/yakima-neighborhood-health-services

"id": "yak422072625",
"linkid": "yakima-neighborhood-health-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2689,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Yakima Neighborhood Health Services',
                        'type': 'Healthcare Provider'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Accidental Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2689,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'medical record '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'medical treatment '
                                                         'locations'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
                                              'protected health information']},
 'date_detected': '2022-10-04',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-11-14',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services (YNHS) '
                'on November 14, 2022. The breach, which occurred on October '
                '4, 2022, involved the accidental disclosure of personal and '
                'protected health information affecting 2,689 Washington '
                'residents, including names, dates of birth, medical record '
                'numbers, and medical treatment locations.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'medical record numbers',
                                 'medical treatment locations']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-11-14',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Yakima Neighborhood Health Services',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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