Health Data Breach Tracker/GA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Georgia Department of Public Health

532 individuals · submitted November 26, 2024

About this report

Georgia Department of Public Health, the covered entity (CE), learned that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 532 individuals. The PHI included names, diagnoses and conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Georgia Department of Public Health
State
GA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
532
Submission date
November 26, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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