Health Data Breach Tracker/WV

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Charleston Area Medical Center

67,413 individuals · submitted February 14, 2025

About this report

Charleston Area Medica Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing incident that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 67,413 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security precautions.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Charleston Area Medical Center
State
WV
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
67,413
Submission date
February 14, 2025
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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