Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Essentia Health - Duluth

1,377 individuals · submitted July 10, 2019

About this report

Essentia Health-Duluth, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA), Nemadji, was the victim of an email phishing scheme affecting 1,377 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE, in conjunction with the BA, notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute. Essential also offered complimentary identity theft monitoring services to all affected individuals.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Essentia Health - Duluth
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,377
Submission date
July 10, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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