Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Children's Health Care

24,183 individuals · submitted May 10, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Children’s Health Care, dba Children’s Minnesota, reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 24,183 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Children's Health Care
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
24,183
Submission date
May 10, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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