Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Community Healthlink

4,598 individuals · submitted June 17, 2019

About this report

Community Healthlink, the covered entity (CE), reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme. This breach affected 10,385 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, social security numbers, client identification numbers, health insurance information, and treatment information. Following the incident, the CE implemented additional technical and security safeguards. The CE notified affected individuals, OCR, and the media of this breach incident. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Community Healthlink
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,598
Submission date
June 17, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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