Exploit: Hacking
Newman Regional Health: Healthcare Facility
Risk to Business: 1.802 = Severe
Newman Regional Health is a tiny facility that’s notifying patients and employees of a big breach. The 25-bed not-for-profit hospital in Kansas informed patients that their data may have been exposed in a yearlong data breach. More than 52,000 patients are being notified of the incident after an investigation revealed unauthorized access to a limited number of the hospital’s employee e-mail accounts between January 26, 2021, and November 23, 2021.
Risk to Individual: 1.809 = Severe
Exposed patient and employee information includes names, dates of birth, medical record or other identification numbers, addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses, limited health, treatment or insurance information, or employee information collected in connection with an individual’s receipt of services from or employment. A limited group of individuals may have social security numbers or financial information affected.
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: No non-profit can afford the huge penalties that this organization will potentially incur after regulators get finished with them.
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.
