Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-08-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Health Care and Social Assistance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) exposed private data, including genetic information, on 9,900 people participating in research programs, after an "unauthorized third party" gained access to the data between June 10 and June 16.