Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Beaumont Health

112,211 individuals · submitted April 17, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Beaumont Health, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 112,211 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and medical record numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Beaumont Health
State
MI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
112,211
Submission date
April 17, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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