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Business Associate · Archived

Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC d/b/a Baylor Genetics

1,240 individuals · submitted December 24, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC, dba Baylor Genetics, reported that several workforce members were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 208,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, health insurance information, and clinical diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect the privacy of its ePHI. The CE also retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, LLC d/b/a Baylor Genetics
State
TX
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,240
Submission date
December 24, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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