Medical practice breach exposes personal data of thousands.

Medical practice breach exposes personal data of thousands.

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/neuro-practice-tells-363000-that-phi-was-posted-on-dark-web-a-19706

Exploit: Ransomware
Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine: Specialty Medical Practice

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Risk to Business: 1.719 = Severe

Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, a medical practice in Indiana, has disclosed that it has experienced a data breach as a result of a suspected ransomware attack. The Hive ransomware group is implicated in the attack. The practice noted that they discovered the attack had been successful on May 20, 2022. An estimated 363,000 people had data exposed in this incident.

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Individual Risk: 1.606 = Severe
Information affected in the incident includes patient PII and PHI including name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email addresses, medical record number, patient account number, diagnosis and treatment information, physician name, insurance information, dates of service and Social Security numbers.

How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Healthcare is the industry with the highest data breach cost, and has been beleaguered by ransomware.

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.