Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-12-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Miracle-Ear
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Miracle-Ear Inc. says that 554 patient records have been compromised in a security breach of its e-mail system. The incident occurred Oct. 24, when "an unknown and unauthorized intruder" gained access to the e-mail account of an employee of Miracle-Ear's parent company Amplifon.