Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Health Plan · Archived

Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Eduction

959 individuals · submitted February 3, 2020

About this report

Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing scheme that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 959 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, financial information, and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented new administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Eduction
State
NC
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
959
Submission date
February 3, 2020
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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