Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Keck Medicine of USC

2,200 individuals · submitted November 29, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Keck Medicine of USC, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,200 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, medications, lab results, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Keck Medicine of USC
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,200
Submission date
November 29, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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