Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Cooper University Health Care

1,039 individuals · submitted February 14, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Cooper University Health Care, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1039 individuals. The PHI involved included, names, dates of birth, claims information, medical record numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce members on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Cooper University Health Care
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,039
Submission date
February 14, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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