Health Data Breach Tracker/OH

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging

1,452 individuals · submitted December 15, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing campaign that compromised the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,452 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
State
OH
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,452
Submission date
December 15, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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