Health Data Breach Tracker/MD

Business Associate · Archived

Calibre CPA Group

912 individuals · submitted September 27, 2019

About this report

Calibre CPA Group, a business associate (BA), reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 7,937 individuals. The PHI involved included names and Social Security numbers. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented numerous administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Calibre also retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. During the investigation, OCR provided the BA with technical assistance on the provisions of the Breach Notification Rule. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Calibre CPA Group
State
MD
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
912
Submission date
September 27, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email, Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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