Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center

23,376 individuals · submitted April 25, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 23,376 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, diagnoses and conditions, lab results, and medical record numbers. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained staff members.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
23,376
Submission date
April 25, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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