Healthcare Provider · Archived
Illinois Department of Human Services and Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
1,960 individuals · submitted September 20, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, reported that previous members of households may have retained access to CE accounts after their access should have been terminated, and viewed protected health information (PHI) for members of their former households. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, financial information, and diagnoses. The breach affected 1,960 individuals. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals of the breach. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Illinois Department of Human Services and Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
- State
- IL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,960
- Submission date
- September 20, 2021
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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