Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Community Surgical Supply of Toms River, Inc.

31,550 individuals · submitted September 15, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Community Surgical Supply of Toms River, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 31,550 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Community Surgical Supply of Toms River, Inc.
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
31,550
Submission date
September 15, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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