Health Data Breach Tracker/WA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington

69,589 individuals · submitted June 3, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 69,589 individuals. The PHI involved included names, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained workforce members on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington
State
WA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
69,589
Submission date
June 3, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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