Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Business Associate · Archived

Caring Communities

1,659 individuals · submitted January 20, 2022

About this report

The business associate (BA), Caring Communities, reported that its third-party cloud storage vendor was the victim of a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,659 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and terminated its business relationship with the third-party cloud storage vendor.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Caring Communities
State
IL
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,659
Submission date
January 20, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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