Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

BrightStar Care

1,187 individuals · submitted October 28, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), BrightStar Care, reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,187 individuals. The PHI involved names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and social security numbers, claims and financial information, and diagnoses and conditions. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented several administrative and technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
BrightStar Care
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,187
Submission date
October 28, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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