Health Data Breach Tracker/CT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Hartford HealthCare

2,651 individuals · submitted April 13, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Hartford HealthCare, reported that several employees were the victims of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,651 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. As a result of this incident, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Hartford HealthCare
State
CT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,651
Submission date
April 13, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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