Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Allegheny County

689,686 individuals · submitted July 28, 2023

About this report

Allegheny County, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 689,686 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, claims information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the incident, the CE and BA strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Allegheny County
State
PA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
689,686
Submission date
July 28, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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