Health Data Breach Tracker/PA

Health Plan · Archived

Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania

642 individuals · submitted August 16, 2024

About this report

Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania, the covered entity (CE) reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 642 individuals. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the incident, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Behavioral Health Alliance of Rural Pennsylvania
State
PA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
642
Submission date
August 16, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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