Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Century Specialty Script

17,219 individuals · submitted September 28, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Century Specialty Script, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 17,219 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and prescription and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a phone number for questions or concerns. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Century Specialty Script
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
17,219
Submission date
September 28, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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