Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Georgia Northside Ear, Nose, and Throat, LLC.

37,774 individuals · submitted September 29, 2023

About this report

Tenet Healthcare, on behalf of Georgia Northside Ear, Nose, and Throat, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of the CE was the subject of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 37,774 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. Tenet Healthcare notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Georgia Northside Ear, Nose, and Throat, LLC.
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
37,774
Submission date
September 29, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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