Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Elim Care

2,500 individuals · submitted June 7, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Elim Care reported that its business associate (BA) was a victim of a cyber-attack involving ransomware which impacted its server and infrastructure. Approximately 2,500 individuals were affected. The types of PHI involved included names, date of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, Substitute notice was also provided. In addition, the CE offered two years of free credit monitoring services to all affected individuals.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Elim Care
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,500
Submission date
June 7, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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