Health Data Breach Tracker/MA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Harbor Health Services, Inc.

17,380 individuals · submitted August 9, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Harbor Health Services, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 17,380 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Harbor Health Services, Inc.
State
MA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
17,380
Submission date
August 9, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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