Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-03-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Swedish Hospital
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Physician's email was hacked to bait colleagues in spear-phising attack resulting in 4206 patients of Chicago-based Swedish Hospital having their data breached.