Supply chain
⛓ Supply Chain
Sharp HealthCare Third-Party Breach (February 2023)
Primary Source ↗Incident Details
Nearly 63K Impacted by Healthcare Data Breach from Exploited Web Server | TechTarget. Sharp HealthCare in San Diego suffered a healthcare data breach after an unauthorized third-party gained access to the organization’s web server, potentially exposing some PHI. San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare notified 62,777 patients of a healthcare data breach that may have exposed their personal health information. On January 12, 2023, Sharp HealthCare discovered that an unauthorized party may have accessed information through its web servers.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
- Vendor / Product
- Unknown
- Supply Chain Attack
- ✅ Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2023-02-01 Breach occurred
- 2023-02-10 Publicly disclosed