Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

DePaul

902 individuals · submitted March 27, 2019

About this report

DePaul Community Services, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affect 902 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. As a result of the breach, DePaul implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. The staff was also trained on the proper methods for 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
DePaul
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
902
Submission date
March 27, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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