The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Data Breakage

Running head: DATA AND INFORMATION SECURITY 1

DATA AND INFORMATION SECURITY 2
Table of Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................3
Part A........................................................................................................................................3
The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center data breach...........................................................3
How the breach occurred....................................................................................................3
Why the breach occurred?..................................................................................................4
Possible solutions against the data breach attack.............................................................4
Part B:.......................................................................................................................................6
The May 2017 Ransom ware cyber attack.........................................................................6
Who were affected and how?..............................................................................................6
How was the attack carried out?........................................................................................7
What could have been done to prevent the attack?..........................................................7
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................8
References...............................................................................................................................10

DATA AND INFORMATION SECURITY 3
Introduction
According to (Techopedia, 2017) a computer security breach is any event that results in
unapproved data, applications, services, networks and device access by circumventing their
primary security tools. A security breach transpires when a person or a system unlawfully
intrudes private and unauthorized IT systems. Technology is increasingly advancing, but so is
cybercrime. The number of data breaches tracked by June 2017 has increased by over 700
records, compared to 2016 in the same period of time (Urrico, 2017). The number is expected
to rise to about 1,500 by the end of the year. This report discusses two recent computer data
breaches in two parts; Part A comprises of the Bronx-Lebanon hospital data breach that
occurred in May 2017. Part B contains of the latest ransom ware cyber-attack that also
happened in May 2017.
Part A
The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center data breach
In May 2017, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center based in New York City was infiltrated
revealing the medical records of thousands of users. The breach exposed at least 7000
patients’ records (Cohen, 2017). The leaked data unveiled patients’ records between 2014
and 2017 including HIV statuses, medical health diagnoses, domestic violence and sexual
assault reports alongside patient names, social security numbers, physical addresses, religion
and addiction history (Cohen, 2017).
How the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center data breach occurred
The Bronx Lebanon Hospital data breach occurred after a Rsync backup server used to
transfer and synchronize files through computer systems, hosted by iHealth Solutions, a