{"id":774,"date":"2023-05-17T03:54:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=774"},"modified":"2023-05-17T04:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T09:15:52","slug":"breach-report-methodist-family-health-ransomware-breach-affects-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/17\/breach-report-methodist-family-health-ransomware-breach-affects-5k\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach Report: Methodist Family Health ransomware\/breach affects 5k"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AvosLocker breached Methodist Family Health of Arkansas in March 2023, affecting 5,000+ patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Methodist Family Health, AvosLocker, and potentially 5,259 patients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 4, 2023: Breach starts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 6, 2023: Methodist Family Health detects the breach and quickly ends it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 2, 2023: Methodist Family Health publishes the notice of data breach on its website<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 3, 2023: Methodist Family Health reports the breach to HHS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AvosLocker ransomware group attacked Methodist Family Health in March 2023, potentially affecting over 5,259 patients and breaching the following sensitive data: &#8220;full name, date of birth, date of admission or treatment, home address, account number, diagnosis, service charges, or medication information&#8221; (Banner-News, 2023; HackNotice, 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incident response costs, breach notification costs, &#8220;outside cybersecurity and privacy specialists&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal: HIPAA and HITECH <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State: Arkansas: Ark. Code \u00a7 4-110-101 et seq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5newsonline. (2023, May 15). <em>untitled<\/em>. 5newsonline.com. https:\/\/www.5newsonline.com\/video\/news\/health\/methodist-family-health-reports-patient-information-data-breach\/527-34608b8a-a68e-4431-bd2b-6d1e85c1bd8a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banner-News. (2023, May 16). <em>Notice of Data Breach<\/em>. Magnolia Banner News. Retrieved May 17, 2023, from https:\/\/www.magnoliabannernews.com\/news\/2023\/may\/16\/notice-of-data-breach\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HackNotice. (2023, March 7). <em>Methodist Family Health<\/em>. Retrieved May 17, 2023, from https:\/\/app.hacknotice.com\/#\/hack\/6409d466e6832c637ab2975c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HHS. (2023). Cases Currently Under Investigation. In <em>Breach Portal: Notice to the Secretary of HHS Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information<\/em>. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Retrieved May 17, 2023, from https:\/\/ocrportal.hhs.gov\/ocr\/breach\/breach_report.jsf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Methodist Family Health. (2023). Notice of Data Breach. In <em>PRIVACY &amp; HIPAA<\/em>. 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