Health Plan · Archived
Iowa Department of Human Services
811 individuals · submitted October 20, 2017
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Iowa Department of Human Services, reported that several employees were subject to an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 811 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and strengthened its technical safeguards and sanctioned the responsible employees. Staff were also retrained on email security.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Iowa Department of Human Services
- State
- IA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 811
- Submission date
- October 20, 2017
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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