Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Health Plan · Archived

Community Link Inc

5,524 individuals · submitted June 30, 2017

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Community Link, Inc., reported that it was the victim of an email phishing scheme. The compromised account contained the protected health information (PHI) of 5,524 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, member identification numbers, and claims data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE immediately deployed additional administrative, security, and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Community Link Inc
State
WI
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
5,524
Submission date
June 30, 2017
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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