Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Live Oak Surgery Center

5,264 individuals · submitted January 3, 2023

About this report

Live Oak Surgery Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that several employees were the subjects of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 5,264 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional safeguards and retrained its staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Live Oak Surgery Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,264
Submission date
January 3, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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