Healthcare Provider · Archived
Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center
5,000 individuals · submitted December 26, 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 5,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, and diagnoses and conditions. 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 increased staff training.
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
- 5,000
- Submission date
- December 26, 2023
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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