Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

BryLin Hospitals, Incorporated

8,000 individuals · submitted October 17, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), BryLin Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
BryLin Hospitals, Incorporated
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
8,000
Submission date
October 17, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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