Health Data Breach Tracker/WI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Kenosha Community Health Center

2,688 individuals · submitted May 3, 2022

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Kenosha Community Health Center, reported that one of its employees was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 2,688 individuals. The PHI involved names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Employees were retrained on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Kenosha Community Health Center
State
WI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,688
Submission date
May 3, 2022
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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