Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Children's Hope Alliance

4,564 individuals · submitted January 14, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Children’s Hope Alliance, reported that it was a victim of a phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,564 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Children's Hope Alliance
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,564
Submission date
January 14, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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