Health Data Breach Tracker/SC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

CareSouth Carolina, Inc.

76,035 individuals · submitted May 14, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), CareSouth Carolina, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 76,035 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE terminated its business relationship with the BA and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protected PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
CareSouth Carolina, Inc.
State
SC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
76,035
Submission date
May 14, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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