Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Business Associate · Archived

Care Inns of Texas, Ltd

1,300 individuals · submitted June 11, 2021

About this report

The business associate (BA), Care Inns of Texas, reported that it was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,300 individuals. The PHI involved included names, room assignments, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Care Inns of Texas, Ltd
State
TX
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,300
Submission date
June 11, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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