Health Data Breach Tracker/DE

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

15,208 individuals · submitted August 30, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 15,208 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
State
DE
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
15,208
Submission date
August 30, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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