Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Authentic Recovery Center, LLC

1,790 individuals · submitted August 17, 2018

About this report

A hacker gained unauthorized access to a workforce member’s email account via a phishing email. The email account contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,790 individuals and included demographic, financial, and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE performed a risk analysis, enhanced its spam email filtering, and implemented audit logs and alerts for suspicious activity on its electronic network. OCR’s investigation resulted in the CE enhancing its practices for safeguarding PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Authentic Recovery Center, LLC
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,790
Submission date
August 17, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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