Health Data Breach Tracker/WV

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

54,000 individuals · submitted March 28, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Charleston Area Medical Center, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 54,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individual, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional technical safeguards.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
State
WV
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
54,000
Submission date
March 28, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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