https://invisionmag.com/2m-eyecare-patients-potentially-affected-by-data-breach/
Exploit: Hacking
Eyecare Leaders: Medical Records Service
Risk to Business: 1.872 = Severe
An estimated two million eyecare patients may have had their personal and health data exposed by medical billing service Eyecare Leaders. 1.3 million of those patients sought treatment at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The company, provider of the myCare Integrity electronic medical record platform has disclosed that it suffered a data security incident in December 2021 that resulted in “the deletion of databases and systems configuration data”. Over 20 other eyecare practices have also had patient data exposed in this incident.
Individual Risk: 1.721 = Severe
The customer data that was compromised may include names, Social Security numbers, tax ID numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, financial account/payment card account numbers, and medical or health insurance information.
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Service providers can be a source of data breach risk and an incident like this will be very expensive for every organization involved.
Risk Levels:
1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk
1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk
2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk
*The risk score is calculated using a formula that considers a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.