Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Dr. Robert Carpenter

3,000 individuals · submitted October 7, 2018

About this report

Dr. Robert Carpenter, the covered entity (CE), reported that his practice was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,311 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, clinical diagnoses, and medical conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach incident, the CE implemented new administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect the privacy of ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dr. Robert Carpenter
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,000
Submission date
October 7, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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