Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Dakota County

1,026 individuals · submitted April 12, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Dakota County, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,026 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dakota County
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,026
Submission date
April 12, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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