Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Equinox, Inc.

1,021 individuals · submitted December 6, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Equinox, Inc., reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,021 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, claims information, medical record numbers, diagnoses, 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, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. Moreover, the covered entity retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Equinox, Inc.
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,021
Submission date
December 6, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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