Health Data Breach Tracker/MN

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Fraser

2,890 individuals · submitted August 30, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Fraser, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 2,890 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a toll-free information line for all affected individuals. Fraser also provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to all affected individuals, implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI, and trained all employees on methods of identifying fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Fraser
State
MN
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,890
Submission date
August 30, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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