Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Fairfield County Implants and Periodontics, LLC

10,502 individuals · submitted April 19, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Fairfield County Implants and Periodontics reported that an employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 10,502 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, medications, diagnoses, and claims and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Employees were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Fairfield County Implants and Periodontics, LLC
State
CT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
10,502
Submission date
April 19, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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