Health Plan · Archived
Connecticut Department of Social Services
36,915 individuals · submitted October 30, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Connecticut Department of Social Services, reported that numerous employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 36,915 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, medication information, lab results, and claims and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its employees on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Connecticut Department of Social Services
- State
- CT
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 36,915
- Submission date
- October 30, 2020
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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