Healthcare Provider · Archived
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
1,440 individuals · submitted October 16, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), the Center for Autism and Related Disorders, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,440 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Center for Autism and Related Disorders
- State
- CA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,440
- Submission date
- October 16, 2020
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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