Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Easterseals Central Illinois

14,855 individuals · submitted May 31, 2024

About this report

Easterseals Central Illinois, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware attack affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 14,855 individuals. The ePHI involved clinical and demographic information. The CE notified individuals, the media, and HHS. The CE took several corrective actions in response to the breach including implementing multifactor authentication and additional technical safeguards. Additionally, OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Easterseals Central Illinois
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
14,855
Submission date
May 31, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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