Health Data Breach Tracker/NJ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Jersey City Medical Center

1,130 individuals · submitted February 15, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Jersey City Medical Center, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,130 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and other identifiers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Jersey City Medical Center
State
NJ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,130
Submission date
February 15, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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