https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/yuma-regional-medical-center-hit-by-cyberattack/article
Exploit: Ransomware
Yuma Regional Medical Center (YMMC): Medical System
Risk to Business: 1.903 = Moderate
A ransomware attack that landed on Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) in Arizona has exposed the protected health information of an estimated 700,000 patients. The company has disclosed that it experienced the ransomware attack in late April and that an unauthorized individual had access to YRMC’s systems from April 21 to April 25, allowing them to steal a subset of files from the systems. There was no impact on patient care.
Individual Impact:
No information about consumer/employee PII, PHI or financial data exposure was available at press time.
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: A data breach for a healthcare organization is especially damaging between incident costs and regulatory penalties.
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.